New Directions in Attribution Research: Volume 1
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- PART I ATTRIBUTION AT THE PERSONAL LEVEL -- 1 Is It Real? -- Errors in Attributing Reality -- Internal and External Correspondence -- Individual and Situational Differences in the Attribution of Reality -- Phenomenological and Inferential Validity -- Games and Experiments for Social Psychology -- 2 Rethinking the Role of Thought in Social Interaction -- Historical Background -- Indirect Research Support for the Nonthinking Hypothesis -- Direct Research Support for the Nonthinking Hypothesis -- Conclusions -- An Experimental Postscript -- 3 Affective Consequences of Causal Ascriptions -- An Attributional Model of Achievement Strivings -- Attribution and Affective Intensity -- The Problem -- A Research Investigation -- Results and Discussion -- Emotions -- Summary -- 4 Attributional Egotism -- Introduction -- Evidence for Egotism -- Theoretical Perspectives on Egotism -- Summary -- 5 Attributional Styles -- An Empirical Puzzle -- Personal Characteristics, Attribution, and Performance: More Pieces of the Puzzle -- Attributional Style, Self-Esteem, Sex, and Depression -- Summary -- PART II ATTRIBUTION AT THE INTERPERSONAL LEVEL -- 6 Attributions and Learned Helplessness -- Attributions, Helplessness, and Response to Failure -- The Development of Helplessness -- The Generalization of Helplessness -- Helplessness and Social Interactions -- Helplessness and the Occurrence of Attributions -- 7 Attribution, Socialization, and Moral Decision Making -- Defining Moral Situations -- Emotional Arousal and Moral Behavior -- Emotional Attribution and Moral Behavior -- Research Summary and General Theoretical Issues -- Socialization -- Conclusions -- 8 Attributional Aspects of Interpersonal Attraction