Premium
Resisting Designations: An Extension of Attribution Theory into a Negotiated Context *
Author(s) -
Prus Robert C.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1975.tb01209.x
Subject(s) - attribution , extension (predicate logic) , context (archaeology) , epistemology , social psychology , sociology , positive economics , psychology , computer science , philosophy , economics , history , archaeology , programming language
While attribution theory has generated a great deal of interesting research, it tends to be overly deterministic, failing to recognize the social context in which attributions occur. In response to this an attempt is made to place attribution theory in an interactionist framework, with particular emphasis on the conditions under which a target andlor others interested in the target's situation may resist undesired attributions.