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= Attribution theory =


 * __ATTRIBUTION:__ How people interpret casual relationships in the social world **

__**Fritz Heider**__ - The psychology of interpersonal relationship (1985) => From observing other people's actions, people make inferences about intention and responsibility. People tend to make an attribution about behavior depending on whether they are performing it themselves or observing somebody else doing it. ** (ACTOR-OBSERVER EFFECT) **
 * "When people try to understand behavior, they are acting like naive psychologists"**


 * When people discuss their own behavior, they tend to attribute it to **__situational factors (External factors)__**

e.g.//"she must have missed train.", "she must have an accident."//




 * When people observe someone else's behavior, they are more likely to attribute it to __**dispositional factors (personal internal factors)**__

e.g. //"He is so sensitive.", "she's so forgetful."//



=__ Introduction Paragraph __= Attribution is defined as how people interpret casual relationships in the social world. The theory of attribution was proposed by Fritz Heider, and he said that from observing other people's actions, people make inferences about intentions and responsibilities. People tend to make an attribution about behavior depending on whether they are performing it themselves or observing somebody else doing it. When people discuss their own behavior, they tend to attribute it to situational factors, which are also called as external factors.On the other hand, when people observe someone else's behavior, they are more likely to attribute it to dispositional factors, which are also called as personal internal factors. For example, when a student is late to school, he may attribute the reason to situational factors, such as "Train was late." On the other hand, the teacher will not think like that. She may attribute the reason to the student's internal factors, such as "he is a very forgetful student ."

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