PSY 102 Chapter : Psych102TextNotes.docx
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From acts to dispositions: inferring the causes of behavior. Attribution theory: set of theoretical accounts of how people assign causes to the events around them and the effect these assessments have. The pervasiveness and importance of causal attribution. Causal attribution: central to social life, speculation and decision making and influenced by it explains both their own and other"s behavior. successful they are. Can change the outlook a person has on life as well as how healthy and. Explanatory style: habitual way of explaining events assessed with three dimensions: Internal/external: internal= something caused by inner traits, external= caused by something outside the self. Stable/unstable: unstable= situation will get better, stable: situation will stay the same. Global/specific: global= event will effect all areas of life, specific: event will only effect one part of life pessimistic explanatory style. it to external. People can be trained to change their attributes. Someone who assesses things to be internal, stable, and global use a.
