10/22/21; Week 6: "Attributional Tendencies"

 Introduction...

What do you blame when you succeed or fail in something? Yourself? Your surroundings?

Attribution is how we reason why things happened as they did. And there are different classifications of how we attribute things.

  • Internal attribution: When we blame ourselves or our abilities for the outcome.
  • External attribution: When we blame others or the circumstances for the outcome.
  • Stable attribution: When it is something that always happens.
  • Unstable attribution: When is something that happened on that specific occasion.
                                        His Fault Her Fault Their Fault Not Me. Blame Shifting. Stock Photo, Picture And Royalty Free Image. Image 116502419.

Reflection...

I learned that we can blame things on other people, certain circumstances, or ourselves, but that doesn't mean that our perspective is the truth, we will believe what we want to believe, and certainly our culture has a great impact on our bias for attribution, but there is always other options that we are blinded to. It can be dangerous and unhealthy to get stuck in one idea and let ourselves be totally bound in our cultural ideals.

When in a classroom, for students that attribute internally it can be discouraging and leave damage in their self-image if they fail too many times while succeeding all the time would make them prideful, possibly a limit to their progress since they would consider that more effort isn't necessary. And for those who attribute externally, failing too many times can get them in a state of victimization, while succeeding all the time would put pressure on them because they want to reattribute the people that helped them or be worthy of the mystical force that led them to their success.

In my personal experience, I think I have seen a little bit of everything in my hometown because I live in a multicultural city, and I noticed that there is a tendency of going to an extreme or the other. But as with everything in life, we need to have balance and be open to new ideas that will help us progress.

Comentarios

  1. Donovan23 de octubre de 2021, 8:39

    Thanks for your thoughts on how this impacts a classroom! It is true that students could suffer unduly based on how they perceive success/failure. Learning to have a balanced approach to this could have many benefits.

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  2. Camille23 de octubre de 2021, 8:58

    Hi! Thank you for connecting attributional tendencies to what they could inflict in our classroom. This is a great reminder not to attribute the failures of students internally, for this might be added to their affective filter. Nice thoughts!

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  3. Yeira Cervantes23 de octubre de 2021, 11:32

    Hello Denisse! Excellent questions to start you post. I totally agree with you, it can be unhealthy if students always aattribute their failures to internal factors. We should help them.
    Well done!

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  4. La pizarra de Angelica23 de octubre de 2021, 18:53

    Hello Denisse, thank you for sharing. I agree with you when you say that it should be a balance. Failing is fine and there is always something to reflect about it. When we blame others there is no progress.
    - Angélica Conde

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