PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Explanatory Style, Dispositional Attribution, Trait Theory
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From acts to dispositions: causal attribution: linking an event to a cause, ex. Inferring that a personality trait was responsible for a behaviour. The pervasiveness and importance of causal attribution: we al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:373)ake att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s, it"s a (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)t pa(cid:396)t of (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal life. Ppl"s att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374)s ha(cid:448)e many consequences on their life ex. Thinking you did bad on an exam cause youre a failure if bad for the health, but if you think it was a lack of effort, youll be motivated to study more next time. You can have a pessimistic explanatory style (where you tend to explain negative events in terms of internal, stable, global): ppl"s att(cid:396)i(cid:271)utio(cid:374)al te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)ies ha(cid:448)e a po(cid:449)e(cid:396)ful effect on their long-term outcomes. Making ppl realize that they have control over events can restore hope and make them motivated for success. Blackwell found this: boys are more likely to attribute failures to lack of effort, boys attribute it to lack of ability.
