Question

Kyle, a male student, and Gail, a female student, both failed their geography exam. According to research by Dweck and colleagues, Kyle is likely to attribute his failure to his ____________, whereas Gail is likely to attribute her failure to her ____________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lack of efforts, lack of ability

Explanation:

Attribution theory: This theory is related to the attribution behavior that how an ordinary person blames outer or inner sources for their failure or success. For example, if someone is angry they will attribute either something happened or bad-tempered behavior. Attribution theory is work on the trait of perceiving by using the information to reach the causal explanation for the behavior. This is the combination of what type of information gathered and how it has been interpreted. Most of the people see the world as the cause and effect relationship even they know there is not any reason behind it.