Chapter 3 Individual Differences Skills Abilities Personalities Ethics Interactional Psychology Behavior is a function of the person and the environment B=f(P‚E) B= Behavior P=Person E= Environment Propositions of interactional Psychology Behavior is a function of a continuous‚ multidirectional interaction between the person and the situation The person is active in this process‚ and both changes and is changed by situations People vary in many characteristics‚ including cognitive
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or perhaps he was a criminal on the loose. Possible Explanation of Richard’s Behavior Using Attribution Theory The attribution theory attempts to explain how we attach meaning to either our behavior or other people’s behavior. As explained by Malle (2011)‚ the attribution theory examines how the social observer uses certain tiding to arrive at contributory clarifications for certain events. Attribution theory‚ therefore‚ is keen on examining how information is gathered and shared to shape a causal
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wanted Chen to work in auditing he gave allowances to his stand and let Chen move to tax after two completing two months of audit work. Until this point though Shorter was resisting his requests Chen finally got what he wanted. 2. What was Chen’s attribution of his not being assigned to tax? Chen did not have enough auditing experience‚ according to company policy‚ to be assigned a tax assignment. Also Chen was part of the company strategy to attract Hong Kong clients and his tax interests did not fall
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Attribution Theory is used by social psychologist to observe how people go about attributing causes to behaviours. According to Fritz Heider well known attribution theorist these may be internal or external factors. Internal factor include internal causes such as the person being clumsy or lazy. External factors refer to the outcome being caused by environmental factors (Morris & Maisto‚ 2013). While theorist Harold Kelly conclude that humans rely on three sets of information in order to arrive
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fundamental attribution error‚ Expectancy Theory‚ and Operant Conditional Theory. First‚ a brief description will be provided for each theory‚ then how the theories relate to the case study will be analyzed‚ and finally‚ recommendations will be provided in an attempt to correct or alleviate the management difficulties being experienced at the Portman. First‚ we will take a look at fundamental attribution error (FAE). From our discussion in class this condition‚ based on attribution theory‚ involves
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of self and environment. Each individual is unique and therefore has gained different experiences of the world based on needs‚ values‚ feelings‚ knowledge‚ interests and other characteristics that influence the way we form impressions and make attributions about human behaviour. Self-concept and perception are so closely related that they are often difficult to separate. While self-concept is how one sees oneself‚ perception is how one looks at others and the world around him. As our total awareness
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Topic: ‘By and large‚ people are objective in understanding themselves.’ Do you agree and why? Understanding ourselves is of paramount important issue in our life. It is not only help us to recognize our potential and develop our talent‚ but also brings us to know ‘who am I’ to stand firm in this society. In fact‚ although we have finished a lot of self-knowing tests‚ it rarely helps us to understanding ourselves objectively. In his essay‚ i will focus on the motive of people and divide into eight
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Their findings indicate that subordinates’ attributions of their superiors’ behavior influenced both their attitudes and their behavior toward the superiors‚ even though the attributions were in part derived from incorrect or oversimplified assumptions. Within the second research tradition‚ Green and Mitchell (1979) introduced an early model of attributional processes in leader–subordinate interactions. According to this model‚ leaders’ attributions are based on the observed behavior of a subordinate
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mood after her mistake. The co-workers excuse this behaviour because they understand her position and want to categorize her as relaxed‚ funny and sociable. ! 3.From the perspective of attribution theory the difference in perception of Avery Haines comments can be explained by both external and internal attributions. From the
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Question 1: How would you evaluate Marie’s performance in terms of consensus‚ distinctiveness and consistency? Consensus: In terms of consensus‚ Marie’s performance is low‚ because others in her same circumstances‚ that being her team generally perform better and faster‚ instead of about the same. Given her credentials‚ it could be assumed that she would perform at least as well as her co-workers‚ but since they are all performing better‚ it must be a problem specific to Mary causing her low performance
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