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Attribution Error

Deutsch: Attributionsfehler / Español: Error de Atribución / Português: Erro de Atribuição / Français: Erreur d'Attribution / Italiano: Errore di Attribuzione

Attribution error in the psychology context refers to systematic biases in the way individuals explain the causes of behavior and events. These errors often occur when people incorrectly attribute behavior to internal dispositions (personality traits, intentions) or external situations (environmental factors, context). Understanding attribution errors is crucial for comprehending how people perceive and interpret actions and outcomes.

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Attribution model

Attribution model refers to the idea that we attribute our lack of control or failure to some cause.

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Attribution retraining

Attribution retraining refers to the therapeutic intervention in which helpless children are persuaded to attribute failures to their lack of effort rather than a lack of ability.

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Attribution Theory

The Attribution theory describes the processes of explaining events and the behavioral and emotional consequences of those explanations.

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Attribution theory

- Attribution theory : Attribution theory refers to a theory that looks for regularities in the ways in which people attribute things that happen to certain causes, either internal or external.

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Attribution-of-arousal theory

Attribution-of-arousal theory refers to an approach that combines the James-Lange emphasis on bodily feedback with a cognitive approach to emotion.

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Attributional style

Attributional style refers to the way in which one is disposed toward interpreting outcomes (successes or failures), as in tending to place blame or responsibility on oneself or on external factors.

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Attributional-style questionnaire

Attributional-style questionnaire (ASQ) refers to a questionnaire designed to assess a person's habitual pattern of attributing events in a certain way (e.g., to internal forces or external ones, to forces that influence just that event or to broader forces).

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