What are attributions? Why are psychologists interested in them? Describe, with a specific example, how attributions can be used to explain depression
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Answer: Attributions involve how people perceive causes, their beliefs about cause-effect relations. Attribution errors can play a prominent role in the development of psychopathology. For example, a person who attributes a bad event to internal, stable, and global causes is more at risk for depression. So a student getting a bad grade who says "I'm stupid" will feel more helpless and ultimately more depressed.
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