Observational Attribution

Our behaviors are influenced by different factors that we sometimes try to deduct as internal or external. When we try to explain the cause of people’s behaviors, it is called attribution. (Text, p.406) There are two different kinds of attributions we make: situational and dispositional attribution. When a person is meeting a family of a loved one for the very first time, it can make them behave differently than how they usually act because of the tense situation. We can make situational attribution because we believe that the environment is the external factor that influenced the person’s actions. However, some tend to believe that their behavior is caused by their internal characteristics instead. They make a dispositional attribution without