Assigning a cause to the behaviour our ourselves and others, a reason why someone performed an action
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What are the two types of attribution according to Heider
Internal (Person) and External (Situation)
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What did Heider suggest when more information is available when deciding whether an action was internal or external?
Suggested that having more information made it more likely to make an external attribution (know less about the person)
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Which three types of information does Kelley's Covariation Model suggests attributions are guided by?
Consistency, Distinctiveness and Consensus
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Which three dimensions of Weiner's achievement attribution model based on?
Locus, Stability and Control
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What are the strengths of Weiner's Achievement attribution model?
It is well supported by other models and can be applied to theory contexts, such as health, relationships and depression
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What are the weaknesses of Weiner's Achievement attribution model?
People aren't always logical
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What type of attribution is an individual likely to make according tot he Fundamental Attribution error model?
More likely to make an internal attribution and blame the person
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What model is an extension of the Fundamental attribution error model?
Actor-Observer effect
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Describe the Actor-Observer effect model
Looks at how people interpret the actions of others and themselves
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What type of attributions are individuals likely to make according to the Actor-Observer effect?
More likely to attribute the behaviour of other as an internal attribution, however more likely to attribute an external attribution to themselves
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How can whether you succeed or fail at something influence your attributions according to the Self-Serving bias model
If you succeed more likely to attribute the cause to yourself (Internal), however if you fail you may want to attribute the blame tot he situation (External)
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Which three models are example of cognitive misers when making attributions?
1.) Fundamental attribution error 2.) Actor-observer effect 3.) Self-serving bias
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Which two models are example of the naive scientist when making attributions?
1.) Kelley's Covariation model 2.) Weiner's Achievement Attribution model
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What are the two types of attribution according to Heider
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Internal (Person) and External (Situation)
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What did Heider suggest when more information is available when deciding whether an action was internal or external?
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Which three types of information does Kelley's Covariation Model suggests attributions are guided by?
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Which three dimensions of Weiner's achievement attribution model based on?
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