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Chapter 9

WHY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDY CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
The Pervasiveness and Importance of Attribution
Explanatory Style and Attribution

THE PROCESSES OF CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION
Attribution and Single-Instance Observation
Attribution and Covariation
Attribution and Imagining an Alternate Chain of
Events

ERRORS AND BIASES IN ATTRIBUTION
The Self-Serving Bias
The Fundamental Attribution Error
The Actor-Observer Difference in Causal
Attributions

CULTURE AND THE FUNDAMENTAL ATTRIBUTION ERROR
Cultural Differences in Attending to Context
Causal Attribution for Independent and
Interdependent Peoples
Priming Culture
Dispositions: Fixed or Flexible?

BEYOND THE INTERNAL/EXTERNAL DIMENSION