While riding up a ski lift, you see a skier falling down the mountain. You decide that the skier must not have been very skilled
and should have been on an easier slope. Your friend, however, thinks the skier fell because conditions on the mountain were dangerous. You are making a ___________ attribution and your friend is making a ___________ attribution.
The answer is dispositional and situational, respectively.
Explanation:
A dispositional attribution judgement holds a person's internal traits as responsible for an outcome. In the example, you think the skier fell due to his lack of skills.
On the other hand, a situational attribution holds the conditions of the environment or the situation as responsible for the outcome.
Studies show that <u>situational attribution is more common when judging our own outcomes</u>, especially when negative.
