Question

Janice Yoder works in an environmental campaigning organization and often needs to interact with a large team for project implementation activities. However, she always finds it difficult to work as a part of a team. She always seems to have major disagreements with team members which lead to antagonistic relations between them. Though she has moved from one team to another, her relations with colleagues always seem to be hostile and cold. How would the attribution theory describe this behavior?

Answer 1

Question options:

A) low on consensus

B) high on reliability

C) high on adaptability

D) high on consistency

E) low on distinctiveness

Answer:

d. high on consistency

Explanation:

High on consistency in attribution theory is attributed to internal causes. Here Janice Yoder is seen to have troubles with every team she works with and not occasionally as we would think it may be the the other team members' fault. She moves from on team to another and still has problems with team members and therefore the fault is likely from her and is internal/high consistency and not external/low consistency under the attribution theory.