describe attributions, and recognise how attributions are used to explain behaviour, with reference to situational and dispositional attributions, and the fundamental attribution error (Lee Ross et al. 1977)

what is attribution

process which ppl explain causes or events or their own and others behaviours

types of attributions

situational, dispositional

situational

assumption behaviour due to external or enviro factors

situational eg

traffic, weather, luck, social pressure

dispositional

assumption behaviour is due to internal or personal factors

dispositional eg

kindness, intelligence, aggressiveness

actor-observer bias

tendency to explain own actions by external factors and others actions by internal

fundamental attribution error

ppl overestimate dispositional attribution and underestimate situational attribution