Read this scenario, and use your knowledge of attribution theory to answer the following questions.
You and your friends are at Kings Island, a theme park in Ohio. Lena is a crack-up. She's always telling jokes and making the whole
group laugh. Amir is quieter, but he loves the roller coasters. He'll ride things the rest of you wouldn't get on in a million years.
Stephanie is quiet and shy. She doesn't say much, but she seems to notice everything going on around her
You believe that Amir loves roller coasters because his parents used to take him for ice cream every time he finished a roller coaster ride. This is an
internal attribution.
Stephanie believes that she hears
around her. But if she misses some
because she listens well and she tries very hard to pay attention to everything going on
said, Stephanie often believes that it was because the person was not speaking loudly
enough. Stephanie is likely to be achievement-oriented
Lena is from India, which has a fatalistic culture. She is likely to attribute the behavior of those around her to external causes.