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PSY - lec 6
PSY
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/26/2012

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Term
types of explaninations for making attributions
- culutres differ how?
Definition
-abilities
- task difficulty
- effor
-luck
*cultures differ in which they empahsis for sucesses or failures
Term
isomorphic attirubution
Definition
when you make same attriubtion as other person intended
Term
contrast collect and individ cultures for their styles of attribution
Definition
individ: focus on individ as determining cuase of behaviour
- attriubte sucess to ability and failure to external factors

collect:
- greater emphasis to external cause of individ's behaviour
- attriubte sucess to help from others and failure from lack of effort
Term
fundamental attribution error: how does it vary in cultures?
Definition
is a uniquely western phenomenon
Term
self serving attriubtion versus self effacement attiribution
Definition
self serving attriutbiton: tendency of explaining one's sucess to internal dispostion factors and on'es failure to external factors
- individ cultures

self effacement attribution: tendecy to makeself attriubiton for failure and external attrition for success
-collect culutres
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