CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This is the process of explaining the behavior of others as well as one’s behavior.
A
social influence
B
social interaction
C
attribution
D
persuasion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When we explain the behavior of others we look for enduring internal attributions, such as personality traits. This is known as the fundamental attribution error. For example, we attribute the behavior of a person to their personality, motives or beliefs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The process by which we explain our behavior and that of others is called attribution theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -In social psychology, attribution is the process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors. In real life, attribution is something we all do every day, usually without any awareness of the underlying processes and biases that lead to our inferences.

Detailed explanation-4: -Attribution theory assumes that people try to determine why people do what they do, i.e., attribute causes to behavior. A person seeking to understand why another person did something may attribute one or more causes to that behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -An attribution is the reason a person gives for why an event happened. When we look at other people’s behaviors, there are two main types of attributions: situational and dispositional.

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