CJ 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Controllability
8 May 2017
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Internal (me): causes inside and specific to the person like his or her traits/abilities: external (you): causes related to situational factors. Ie) did beth get an a on the test because she is smart (internal) or because it was easy (external): 2. Stability : stable: relatively enduring and permanent, unstable: temporary. Ie) did aaron blow up at his girlfriend because he is hostile (stable) or was he having a bad day (unstable): 3. Controllability : controllable: we have power over it, uncontrollable: we do not have power over it. Ie) having a picnic: controllable preparing delicious food, uncontrollable it rains during the picnic. Examples of attribution dimensions - classifying: low aptitude. Internal stable uncontrollable: never study. Internal stable controllable: sick the day of test. Internal unstable uncontrollable: not study for one test. Internal unstable controllable: school has tough requirements. External stable controllable: bad luck. External unstable uncontrollable: friends failed to help.
