Question

You and a friend are watching a ballgame. the batter misses. you believe this is because the sun is setting and probably cast a glare in his eyes. your friend believes this is because the batter lacks talent. you made a _______________ attribution and your friend made a(n _______________ attribution.

Answer 1

probably for the first one would be Educated Guess and for the second one would be a regular Guess

Answer 2

The answers are situational and dispositional attribution.

Attribution is the inference of behaviors when we are around people or when we are on our own. The situational attribution is when we suppose that the cause of a particular behavior is something outside us, in the environment, something that we cannot control. On the other hand, dispositional attribution is when we assume that a behavior or event is because an internal, personal, factor of the individual, like a feeling or a mood.