This study was designed to investigate actor-observer differences in causal attribution to either situational or dispositional factors. A critical review of the literature suggests that stable directional differences
may not exist. It was hypothesized that the informational needs of the audience hearing the attribution would be a major determinant of the nature of actor-observer differences. Specifically, as predicted, differences
between self and other attributions disappeared when the audience was a stranger. The implications of these results were discussed with reference to the actor-observer attributional literature and theory as well as to attribution research in general. / Arts, Faculty of / Psychology, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/20139 |
| Date | January 1976 |
| Creators | Rank, Darylynn Starr |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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