| Autor: |
B F, Malle, J, Knobe, M J, O'Laughlin, G E, Pearce, S E, Nelson |
| Rok vydání: |
2000 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of personality and social psychology. 79(3) |
| ISSN: |
0022-3514 |
| Popis: |
The traditional approach to studying behavior explanations involves treating them as either person causes or situation causes and assessing them by using rating scales. An analysis of people's free-response behavior explanations reveals, however, that the conceptual distinctions people use in their explanations are more complex and sophisticated than the person-situation dichotomy suggests. The authors, therefore, introduce a model of the conceptual structure of folk behavior explanations (the network of concepts and assumptions on which explanations are based) and test it in 4 studies. The modes and features of behavior explanations within this conceptual structure also have specific social functions. In 2 additional studies, the authors demonstrate that people alter distinct features of their explanations when pursuing particular impression-management goals and that listeners make inferences about explainers' goals on the basis of these features. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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