Question

Which of the following individuals is making a situational attribution?

A. Randy finds dirty dishes in the kitchen sink and comments that his daughter was just too lazy to wash them after she ate.
B. Maureen tells her friends that her boyfriend could not choose a nice shirt to wear because he is too fickle minded.
C. Marissa sees Chris trip and notes how clumsy he must be; she didn't see that the concrete of the sidewalk was crumbling.
D. Faizal's girlfriend is late for a party, and he tells the group that she is probably stuck in traffic

Answer 1

Answer: Option A

Explanation: Attributions are inferences people make from events or behaviours ,it might be from someone attitude or an event. We have external and internal type of attribution.

From the above options, there are all attributions but situational attributions are attributions people make from situational events that may one way or the other affect them.

The best option from the options above is option A, Randy doesn't like dirty dishes and what he met in the kitchen was something he doesn't like and the cause of this event is the laziness of his daughter which he blames.