Question

Ed and violet just saw their professor slip and fall. ed thinks, "what a klutz!", but violet thinks, "i bet there was water on the floor and she slipped on it." in this case, ed made an ________ attribution and violet made an ________ attribution.

Answer 1

Based on the scenario above, it could be described that Ed made an internal attribution whereas Violet made an external attribution.

Internal attribution is where a certain event occurs in an individual because of personal factors that the individual acquires such as his or her feelings, traits and abilities.

External attribution is where events occur because of situations or external factors that would likely affect the person’s behavior such as the things around the individual or environment.