5/29/15; Week 6: Attributions

Do you know what attributional tendencies are?

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Fritz Heider was the first person to describe how people make attributions. Explanations of behavior and events can be categorized as internal or external attributions. 

There could be two types we can analyze.


Internal Attributions ascribe the causes of behavior to personal dispositions, traits, abilities, and feelings. Internal attributions could be when we give the credit to ourselves for something. This reminds me of the phrase, “pat yourself on the back.” kind of thinking.


External Attributions ascribe the causes of behavior to situational demands, and environmental constraint. This is when we give other people credit for something that occurs.


Any variation in stability in these two types would likely be based on the idea of “luck”, competition, and/or ability. For example, instead of giving myself credit for still being married after 17 years, I could say, “Wow, we really got lucky that I found you when I was 18 and we only dated 2 months.” Seventeen years is a good number but I highly doubt it was just luck. Rather tan attributing it externally, we could treat the idea differently by thinking, “Wow, I worked really hard to make this marriage work. It takes  a lot of work.” 


In all of our accomplishments we must remain humble and gracious at the same time. We need to find a balance because both types are important to have. There is no right or wrong for this topic, depending on the subject or action we are discussing.



What are your attributions? Can you name some?

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