This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Compare and contrast internal attributions with external attributions. Explain how these two types ... (Read 2835 times)

Tazate

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 532
Compare and contrast internal attributions with external attributions. Explain how these two types of attribution influence the behavior of individuals.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Briefly describe the primacy effect, the contrast effect, and the halo effect.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

TDubDCFL

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 357
Answer to Question 1

People generally attribute someone's behavior to internal and external causes. An internal attribution assigns the cause of behavior to some characteristic of the target and assigns credit or blame to the individual actor. Attributions to ability, effort, and personality are the most common internal attributions that people make.

However much people like to feel that they are in control of what happens in their lives, outside forces often play a decisive role in determining behavior. An external attribution assigns the cause of behavior to factors outside the individual. The most common external attributions relate to task difficulty and luck or chance.

The attributions people make for their own behavior influence their own subsequent actions. An employee who fails on a task and attributes this failure to a lack of ability may be likely to avoid the task in the future or exert minimal effort on it because he feels that his lack of ability will almost certainly guarantee a negative outcome. Conversely, attributing failure to a lack of effort may lead the employee to try harder in the future on the same task.

Answer to Question 2

The primacy effect is the initial information that a perceiver has about a target that has an excessive effect on the perception and evaluation of the target.

The contrast effect is the when the perceiver compares the target to those around the target. This can make the target stand out in either a positive or negative light.

The halo effect is the general perception a perceiver holds about a target, and which influences the perception of specific dimensions of the target.




Tazate

  • Member
  • Posts: 532
Reply 2 on: Jul 7, 2018
Excellent


dreamfighter72

  • Member
  • Posts: 355
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

Did you know?

The human body's pharmacokinetics are quite varied. Our hair holds onto drugs longer than our urine, blood, or saliva. For example, alcohol can be detected in the hair for up to 90 days after it was consumed. The same is true for marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, methamphetamine, and nicotine.

Did you know?

According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.

Did you know?

Not getting enough sleep can greatly weaken the immune system. Lack of sleep makes you more likely to catch a cold, or more difficult to fight off an infection.

Did you know?

Hyperthyroidism leads to an increased rate of metabolism and affects about 1% of women but only 0.1% of men. For most people, this increased metabolic rate causes the thyroid gland to become enlarged (known as a goiter).

Did you know?

About 80% of major fungal systemic infections are due to Candida albicans. Another form, Candida peritonitis, occurs most often in postoperative patients. A rare disease, Candida meningitis, may follow leukemia, kidney transplant, other immunosuppressed factors, or when suffering from Candida septicemia.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library