ASSIGNMENT ON PSY 701 STATISTICS RESEARCH PROPOSAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG GRADUATES BY UGWU KELECHI ESUT/PG/Msc/011/11785 LECTURER; CHIEDOZIE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
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people perceive or blame causes of certain happenings is called Attribution. In social psychology‚ attribution is referred as the way people perceive and interpret the causes of events and how this relates to their thinking and behavior. Attributions could range from dispositional to something which is uncontrollable and external. However‚ this paper does not intend to focus on attribution but on certain factors that influence attribution which is called Locus of Control. Locus or Loci of control
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Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior Both situation and dispositional factors play a significant role in people explaining behavior. (in that they guide the judgment on both our actions and people’s actions.) Attribution theory‚ known as how people interpret and explain behavior in the social world‚ is closely related to these two factors. People tend to attribute behavior depending on their roles as actors or observers‚ known as the actor-observer effect
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The attribution-helplessness theory is a newer version of the learned helplessness theory which is the perception that a person has no control over things in their lives (Comer‚ 2015). According to the attribution helplessness theory‚ when individuals look at events as being beyond their control‚ they often question themselves as to why the event may have occurred (Comer‚ 2015). These individuals may also perceive the reason why certain things happen is because of something they did. The attribution-helplessness
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hyperactivity in another instance. Doctors also do not take the time to rule out other conditions that may be the factor besides ADHD‚ which is the easiest to jump to diagnose (Luman et al.‚ 2009). The theory I will connect to ADHD is the attribution theory including attribution biases. This cognitive disorder is widely overlooked‚ and largely over diagnosed. It is important for people to understand that ADHD is chronic and debilitating to daily functions.
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very little recent research employing causal reasoning theories to this field. Attribution theory describes how causes are attributed to past events. This may be dispositional (attributed to a person) or situational. In a single instance of an outcome‚ correspondent inference theory suggests diagnosis is based on choice‚ expectations and intent. Expected‚ freely chosen behaviour is considered to be dispositional‚ whereas unexpected‚ forced behaviour is attributed to situation. Attributing intent
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“Behavior in Social and Cultural Context” especially the concept of attributions .It is known that there are two types of attributions which are internal attributions and external attributions that we generally use to explain our own or other’s behaviors. Internal factors concern a person’s traits while external factors concern the external environment. In addition‚ I am actually shocked by the fact that there is a fundamental attribution error when we are explaining others’ behaviors. There is a real-life
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Deindividuation and Attribution Theory Southern Illinois University Carbondale Deindividuation and Attribution Theory Theory One of social psychology theories that describe human behaviors is attribution theory. Attribution theory is the theory of how individuals explain others’ behaviors (Myers‚ 2008). Deindividuation is the situation where anti-normative behavior is released in groups in which individuals are not recognized as individuals (Festinger‚ 1952). Many people are a part of this
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INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION & INTERPERSONAL PROCESSES • Perceptual processes • Attribution processes • Semantics • Cultural context • Communication skills Perceptual processes: Processes individuals use to acquire and make sense out of information from the environment Three stages of perception: • Selecting Filtering of stimuli so that only some information gets our attention • Organising Patterning of information to match familiar patterns • Interpreting Giving meaning to selected and organised information
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different factors of attribution. Often times one might attribute the cause of an event to something internal‚ which means that is it within oneself (Ormrod‚ 2016 p. 475). Back to the grade on a test example‚ thinking that you received a good grade due to your hard work and study habits is an internal attribute. An external
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