ALHT106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Paw Patrol, Health Belief Model, Fundamental Attribution Error
ALHT week 11 tutorial social cognition and health psychology
Attribution of Behaviour
- Attribution is the process of explaining what causes people’s behaviour and our own
behaviour
- Attribution can be divided into two forms:
oInternal or dispositional attribution
oExternal or situational attribution
- Within an allied health care perspective, being able to identify a cause of certain
behaviour can be vital in order to implement effect change
- Consensus extent to which other people behave in the same way in a similar
situation
- Consistency extent to which a person always responds in this way each time the
situation occurs
- Distinctiveness extent to which the person responds the same way in other similar
situations
Scenario 1 example answer
Dispositional
- Barry is on the higher end of the Neuroticism Personality Trait. He quite quickly
becomes irrational and aggressive
- Consensus patients are normally very calm, polite and respectful during
consultations, there are some that come across quite aggressive
- Consistency Barry seemed agitated at the initial consultation and questioned
everything during the 1-hour consultation
- Distinctiveness Barry’s wide tells you that he has a ‘bit of a temper’ and is ‘easily
flared up’
Situational
- Barry has come straight to your appointment after being laid off from his job. He was
told he was no longer at the level of teacher’s younger than him. This has made
Barry angry and he is frustrated by his pain and become angry at you
- Consensus patients are normally very calm, polite and respectful during
consultations, there are some that come across quite aggressive
- Consistency Barry seemed very pleasant at the initial consultation despite being in
quite a large amount of pain
- Distinctiveness Barry’s wide tells you that his outburst was very out of character
Scenario 2 example answer
Dispositional
- Jenny is on the lower end of the Conscientiousness Personality Trait. She is highly
disorganised and often leaves Mia in the car whilst she does chores because that’s
what her mum used to do with her
- Consensus there is a law against leaving children unattended in the car and hence
is seldom performed
- Consistency jenny is constantly late for her appointments and always leaves Mia in
the car to do chores because she says “she only has two hands”
Situational
- When Jenny arrived at the clinic, Mia said she was hungry. As there was no food in
the car and speech sessions normally go for an hour, Jenny thought since they were
early and there is a supermarket on the corner she would duck in whilst Mia was
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Document Summary
Alht week 11 tutorial social cognition and health psychology. Attribution is the process of explaining what causes people"s behaviour and our own behaviour. Attribution can be divided into two forms: internal or dispositional attribution, external or situational attribution. Within an allied health care perspective, being able to identify a cause of certain behaviour can be vital in order to implement effect change. Consensus extent to which other people behave in the same way in a similar situation. Consistency extent to which a person always responds in this way each time the situation occurs. Distinctiveness extent to which the person responds the same way in other similar situations. Barry is on the higher end of the neuroticism personality trait. Consistency barry seemed agitated at the initial consultation and questioned everything during the 1-hour consultation. Distinctiveness barry"s wide tells you that he has a bit of a temper" and is easily flared up".