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Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior.

Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior. How do we determine other people’s behavior?. Nice. Not so nice. The question is here is not why Ned or Gargamel are nice or mean…but why do we think Ned is nice or Gargamel is mean?. Attribution Theory.

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Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior.

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  1. Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior.

  2. How do we determine other people’s behavior? Nice Not so nice The question is here is not why Ned or Gargamel are nice or mean…but why do we think Ned is nice or Gargamel is mean?

  3. Attribution Theory • Heider 1958 said people always are looking for the causes behind other people’s behavior. • His theory tries to explain how people determine the cause of the behavior they observe. It is either a…. • Situational Attribution • Dispositional Attribution And • Stable Attribution • Unstable Attribution

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