People routinely draw inferences about others’ preferences by observing their decisions. We study these inferences by characterizing a space of simple observed decisions. Previous work on attribution theory has identified several factors that predict whether a given decision provides strong evidence for an underlying preference. We identify one additional factor and show that a simple probabili...

Objectives: The present study was aimed to determine the effect of psychological immunization on pessimistic attribution in Female students with dyslexia. Methods: The study was an experimental one, in which 60 Female students with dyslexia were selected randomly from Learning Disabilities Centers in Isfahan. Subjects  were  assigned to experimental and control groups (15 individua...

Authorship attribution, the science of inferring characteristics of the author from the characteristics of documents written by that author, is a problem with a long history and a wide range of application. Recent work in “non-traditional” authorship attribution demonstrates the practicality of automatically analyzing documents based on authorial style, but the state of the art is confusing. An...

ôbjective: this research was conducted to study the relationship between attribution and academic procrastination in üniversity students. methods: the subjects were 203 undergraduate students, 55 males and 148 females, selected from ënglish and french language and literature students of tabriz üniversity. data were gathered through procrastination âssessment scale-student (pâss) and çausal dime...

objectives: one of the education ministry’s concerns in high schools is the problem of academic achievement. the researches have mentioned that student’s false attribution and absence of scholastic counseling service are the most important factors affecting student’s low performance and achievements. the main goal of this research was to study the rate of cognitive reconstructive effect on attr...

Purpose Research has supported both feedback’s variable effects on performance and the effect of attributions subsequent behavior. Managers’ for subordinates’ affect how they react to those subordinates feedback give, own their It is unclear whether (or how) a manager’s subordinate behavior Building research that shows emotional reactions in response feedback, this study aims examine recipients...

We examined the applicability of attribution theory to mothers' perceptions and reactions to their child's problem behavior. Participants were 149 Latina mothers of children with developmental disabilities who were interviewed regarding specific incidents in which their child exhibited a behavior problem. The findings indicate that most mothers viewed their child as not being responsible for th...