To Tom’s dismay, Ron at the Taco shack is not selling many tacos. Tom thinks that Ron is lazy and not working hard enough, and Ron thinks his lack of sales is due to working the slow shifts. Both Tom and Ron are looking at the same situation. Explain how they can have different ideas in terms of attribution theory.
What will be an ideal response?
*Attribution theory states that people look for two causes to explain the behavior of others: internal
attributions, which are personal characteristics of others, and external attributions, which are situational
factors
*Attribution theory states that people look for two causes to explain the behavior of others: internal
attributions, which are personal characteristics of others, and external attributions, which are situational
factors
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