Question

Remy has recently learned about Kelley's covariation model. He uses it when his sister does something that isn't typical for her so the consistency of that behavior is low. What kind of attribution does he make for her behavior?A. circumstance attributionB. personal attribution as long as distinctiveness is lowC. external attribution as long as consensus is highD. internal attribution

Answer 1

C. external attribution as long as consensus is high

Step-by-step explanation:

Generally, there are two major types of attribution including the internal attribution and the external attribution.

External attribution: In social psychology, the term external attribution is also referred to as a situational attribution of environmental attribution and is defined as the phenomenon in which an individual ascribes the result of one's and other's behavior occurred as a consequence of some external or situational factors, for example, external circumstances, luck, etc.

In the question above, Remy is making an external attribution as long as consensus is high