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Actor-observer asymmetries in explanations of behavior: new answers to an old question.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Malle, Bertram F. Knobe, Joshua Nelson, Sarah E. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | Traditional attribution theory conceptualizes explanations of behavior as referring to either dispositional or situational causes. An alternative approach, the folk-conceptual theory of behavior explanation, distinguishes multiple discrete modes of explanation and specific features within each mode. Because attribution theory and the folk-conceptual theory carve up behavior explanations in distinct ways, they offer very different predictions about actor-observer asymmetries. Six studies, varying in contexts and methodologies, pit the 2 sets of predictions against each other. There was no evidence for the traditional actor-observer hypothesis, but systematic support was found for the actor-observer asymmetries hypothesized by the folk-conceptual theory. The studies also provide initial evidence for the processes that drive each of the asymmetries: impression management goals, general knowledge, and copresence. |
| Starting Page | 491 |
| Ending Page | 514 |
| Page Count | 24 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.491 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://research.clps.brown.edu/soccogsci/Publications/Pubs/Malle_Knobe_Nelson_(2007)_JPSP.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 17892328 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.93.4.491 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 93 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of personality and social psychology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
