Question

Jorge watches his friend Nina interacting with others and makes a situational attribution for her behavior. Jorge believes that Nina’s behavior is best explained by the circumstances surrounding the encounter. Nina’s way of relating to people stems from particular characteristics of her personality. Nina is not acting the way other people would act in the same situation. Nina’s actions are not consistent with the social norms governing that particular situation.

Answer 1

the answer is: ninas behavior is best explained by the circumstances surrounding the encounter

Situational attribution refers to the collections of effort that people do in order to understand our experience (the things that happen to us.

In this situation, Jorge probably see the way Nina behave during the encounter (whether she smiles, happy, or uncomfortable)

After observing it, Jorge tries to attribute why Nina is behaving that way and correlate it with the person that she encounters with or the type of conversation that they have.