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Attribution in the classroom: How just is the just world?
Author(s) -
Richey Harold W.,
Richey Marjorie H.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(197804)15:2<216::aid-pits2310150215>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , attribution bias , social psychology , perception , sort , neuroscience , computer science , information retrieval
Research in the area of attribution theory is reviewed which documents the tendency to explain whatever happens to someone else as a just consequence of his own personal characteristics, rather than the result of environmental circumstances. The ramifications of this tendency in teachers' perceptions of students are discussed, and suggestions are offered for guarding against this sort of attributional bias.