Observer orientation and actor-observer differences in attributions for failure |
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Authors: | Michael R Wolfson Gerald R Salancik |
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Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA |
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Abstract: | In a series of two experiments, male undergraduates either operated or watched another person operate a model racecar set. Instructions varied observers' expectancies about future involvement with the task. The drivers' causal attributions for their performance were compared with those of neutral observers as well as those of involved observers who anticipated running on the track. Predictions, derived from the Jones and Nisbett framework of actor/observer differences, were that actors should make more external than internal attributions and that neutral or “passive” observers should do the opposite. Moreover, the involved or “active” observer groups were expected to display attributional patterns similar to those of the actors. These predictions were confirmed. Results are discussed in terms of information and information-processing differences between groups. |
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Keywords: | Please send requests for reprints to Michael R Wolfson Rush University Academic Facility 600 South Paulina St Chicago Illinois 60612 |
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