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Attributions as Behavior Explanations: Toward a New Theory
Unpublished manuscript, University of Oregon, 2003. Copyright by Bertram F. MalleAttributions as Behavior Explanations: Toward a New TheoryBertram F. Malle, University of OregonAttribution Theory has played a major role in social-psychological research. Unfortunately,the term attribution is ambiguous. According to one meaning, forming an attribution ismaking a dispositional (trait) inference from Behavior ; according to another meaning,forming an attribution is giving an explanation (especially of Behavior ). The focus of thispaper is on the latter phenomenon of Behavior explanations.
theory of explanation that provides an alternative to classic attribution theory as it dominates the textbooks and handbooks—which is typically as a version of Kelley’s (1967) model of attribution as covariation detection.
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