1. Fundamental(ist) Attribution Error: Protestants Are Dispositionally Focused Review
a. Author’s Reasons for Conducting this study
i. Many social psychologists have conducted research on the attribution theory, but none have well studied the religious influences on attribution. ii. Eastern versus Western world cultural identities on attribution have been well studied, but other cultural influences on attribution haven’t been studied yet. iii. The studies these authors conduct expand the understanding of the cultural differences in attributions by showing a unique effect of religion on internal/dispositional attributions.
b. Hypotheses/ Research Questions
i. Study 1
1. Tested hypothesis “that Protestants would prefer internal attributions
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Experimental research let the researchers observe and study the participants to help strengthen their results of their study.
d. Recommendations
i. I would recommend the researchers add more types of religions. Using multiple religions would help show which religion makes more internal/dispositional attributions and which makes more external/situational. ii. The researchers could do observational experiment in an environment manipulated by the researchers to see how individuals act in certain scenarios instead of asking them what they would do because in correlational people answer trying to be socially desirable.
e. Opinion
i. I would consider this good social psychology because it shows how different cultural beliefs and religions can effect what type of attributions will be made. These studies gave us a better view on how religion plays a part in what type of attributions are made among people. It’s not always based on Eastern vs. Western cultures. It’s different among different characteristics. Automatic thinking and schemas also played a part in these studies. ii. I would include this in your lecture because it’s a great example to show how attributions changes across religions, cultural beliefs, and other characteristics. This article will be a good example on the Attribution
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