Abstract
A bstract Open‐ended explanations for the success and failure outcomes of others were obtained from ( N = 226) undergraduates. Only 23% of the 2,495 explanations generated by these naive psychologists could be readily categorized as one of the four causal elements of the Weiner model of achievement attributions. An individual difference model of multidimensional scaling of the explanations for success and failure was performed separately. Because the explanations for success and failure were generally asymmetrical, the three dimensions of success explanations had little resemblance to the three dimensions of failure explanations. The success dimensions were labelled Achievement Orientation, Vitality, and Mastery. The failure dimensions were labelled Insufficient Energy, Poor Work Attitude, und Lack Ability.
Keywords
PsychologyAttributionVitalityNeed for achievementAchievement OrientationSocial psychologyDevelopmental psychology
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- 47
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- 2
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- 185-195
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Toni Falbo,
Robert C. Beck
(1979).
Naive psychology and the attributional model of achievement.
Journal of Personality
, 47
(2)
, 185-195.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1979.tb00198.x
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- 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1979.tb00198.x