PSY426H1 Lecture Notes - Phenotype, Controllability, Fritz Heider
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An attributional theory of achievement motivation and emotion. Bernard weiner advocates that emotions are output of a complex cognitive process especially socializing/human emotions such as guilt and pride. Step 1: mind evaluates the event broadly (i. e. was it good or bad) Weiner suggested that cause can be summed up by three dimensions: locus, stability, and controllability. Attributions about the causes of events affect predispositions for future behaviour. If failed test and think it"s due to lack of studying = internal/unstable/controllable = likely to study hard next time because has power over outcome and good chance of success since the cause is changeable. If conditions/causes expected to remain the same, a success would lead to greater likelihood of repeating behaviour, while failure would deter repition. Dweck believes that people assign stable vs. unstable attributions based on their beliefs of the nature of constructs such as ability, effort, and luck (ex. Is luck a personality trait or external fluctuation?)
