Attribution theory 332527 209609786 2008-05-02T02:26:39Z 74.225.12.154 '''Attribution theory''' is a [[social psychology]] theory developed by [[Fritz Heider]], [[Harold Kelley]], [[Edward E. Jones]], and [[Lee Ross]]. The theory is concerned with the ways in which people explain (or attribute) the behavior of others or themselves (self-attribution) with something else. It explores how individuals "attribute" causes to events and how this cognitive perception affects their usefulness in an organization. == Internal vs. External == The theory divides the way people attribute [[causes]] to events into two types. * "External" or "situational" [[attribution]] assigns causality to an '''outside factor''', such as the [[weather]]. * "Internal" or "dispositional" attribution assigns causality to factors within the '''person''', such as their own level of [[intelligence (trait)|intelligence]] or other variables that make the individual responsible for the event. The [[covariation model]] developed by [[Harold Kelley]] examines how people decide whether an internal or an external attribution will be made. == See also == * [[Attributional bias]] * [[Causality|causation]] * [[Educational psychology]] * [[Correspondent inference theory]] * [[Locus of control]] * [[Explanatory style]] ==References== * Heider, Fritz. (1958). ''The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations''. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-36833-4 ==External links== * [http://www.as.wvu.edu/~sbb/comm221/chapters/attrib.htm Essay on Attribution by Steve Booth-Butterfield of West Virginia University (1996)] * [http://hebb.uoregon.edu/01-02tech.pdf "From Attributions to Folk Explanations: An Argument in 10 (or so) Steps" (Bertram Malle, University of Oregon, 2002).] [[Category:attitude attribution]] [[Category:consumer behaviour]] [[Category:Social psychology| ]] {{psychology-stub}} [[az:Atribusiya nəzəriyyəsi]] [[cs:Atribuce]] [[de:Attributionstheorien]] [[he:תאוריית הייחוס]] [[nl:Attributie (psychologie)]] [[tr:Yükleme teorisi]] [[zh:归因理论]]