In social psychology,
attribution theory proposes that to predict and control the environment, individuals tend to seek the causes of an event (Gilbert, 1998).
First, we detail the role of experiences in L2 motivation research in general and in
attribution theory in particular.
Some important cognitive theories are Fritz Heider's
attribution theory, Bandura's self-efficacy (in language teaching, the learners' linguistic self confidence) and Ryan and Deci's cognitive evaluation theory.
Kelley (1973) summarized and integrated the emerging research regarding
attribution theory prompted by Heider's (1958) work and noted that attributions pertain to both social perception (i.e., causal statements made in an attempt to explain others' behavior) and self-perception (i.e., causal statements made in an attempt to explain one's own behavior).
The social psychological literature on
attribution theory and cognitive biases is vast, and Smith defines 23 of the latter and their possible religious applications, including psychological placebo effects and their sociological analogue: If people define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.
Then she covers the more frequently used health behavior theories: self-efficacy theory, theory of reasoned action and theory of planned behavior, the health belief model,
attribution theory, the trans-theoretical model: stages of change, protection motivation theory, social cognition theory, the diffusion of innovation, the social ecological model, social capital theory, and choosing a theory.
The second theory in the theoretical framework of this article is
attribution theory, upon which Weiner (1985) expands upon Bandura's self-efficacy theory.
Attribution theory emerged in early years of twentieth century and soon became a hot pursuit of researchers.
internal/external) by utilizing
attribution theory as a mediating mechanism for Peripheral and Embedded CSR which may lead to important organizational outcomes.
How the color of instructional feedback comes to influence interpersonal perceptions in achievement contexts may be explained by
attribution theory, which accounts for the process by which people make causal explanations to observed stimuli (Heider, 1958).
Alan Palmer's most important methodological tool is
attribution theory; he examines how narrators, characters, and readers attribute states of mind to characters and, where appropriate, also to themselves.
Attribution theory served as the conceptual underpinning of this study.