Friedrich Forsterling
Biographic Data
| ID | 125685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Friedrich Forsterling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Friedrich |
| FAMILY NAME | Forsterling |
| SIGNATURE | FORSTERLING F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bielefeld University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Attribution: An Introduction to Theories, Research and Applications
Attribution concerns the scientific study of naive theories and common-sense explanations. This text provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the field, combining comprehensive coverage of the fundamental theoretical ideas and most significant research with an overview of more recent developments. The author begins with a broad overview of the central questions and basic assumptions of attribution research. This is followed by discussio…
Ability, luck, and looks: An evolutionary look at achievement ascriptions and the sexual attribution bias
Female and male participants (in their early 20s) attributed the success of same-aged (Study 1A-1C) male and female stimulus persons of varying attractiveness to ability, effort, luck, and looks. Consistent with the evolutionary prediction that mating motivation and intrasexual competition determine achievement ascriptions, female participants explained the success of attractive women with luck more and with ability less (i.e., in a derogative wa…
Does scientific thinking lead to success and sanity? An integration of attribution and attributional models
A motivational model is introduced that integrates conceptions of attributional antecedents with those of attributional consequences, and suggests that it is functional to make realistic attributions. This model is applied to the analysis of achievement behaviour and depression. The use of a new experimental paradigm designed to test the model's assumptions demonstrates that realistic attributions maximise performance. The model was also used to …
Attributions of depressed persons: How consistent are they with the covariation principle
The sensitivity of depressives' and nondepressives' attributions to covariation information is investigated. Individuals differing in depression made attributions in response to descriptions of negative situations, either without or with additional covariation information designed to lead to external and specific (Studies 1, 2, and 3) or to internal, stable, and global attributions, or to both (Studies 2 and 3). Covariation information modified a…
The psychological causality implicit in verbs: A review
The psychological causality implicit in verbs: A review
The Structure of Personality In Six Cultures
A new structured nonverbal measure of Murray's needs (the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire) and an established verbal measure (the Personality Research Form) were administered to respondents in six cultures: Canada, Finland, Poland, Germany, Russia, and Hong Kong. An analysis of the psychometric properties of the nonverbal personality inventory showed generally good levels of internal consistency reliability and convergent validity across the …
The Functional Value of Realistic Attributions
A research program is described that revolves around the assumption that it is functional to make realistic attributions. First, the application of an attributional framework to questions of behavior modification is described. Second, it is argued that this application reveals limitations of basic attribution research. Theories about the antecedents and consequences of causal attributions have been treated as unrelated. Third, a theoretical model…
The Kelley model as an analysis of variance analogy: How far can it be taken
Personality structure across cultures: A multimethod evaluation
Personality structure was assessed in 4 countries (Canada, Finland, Poland, and Germany) using both an established verbal personality inventory and a new nonverbal personality questionnaire. A 5-factor structure was found to be highly robust in that it was replicated across the 4 cultures and across the 2 personality assessment methods. The data are discussed in terms of (a) the failure to support a semantic similarity interpretation of personali…
Models of covariation and attribution: How do they relate to the analogy of analysis of variance
Situations, attributions, and the evaluation of reactions
Attributional conceptions in clinical psychology
Attributional conceptions in clinical psychology
Attributional retraining: A review
Attributional retraining: A review
Some determinants of task preference and the desire for information about the self
This research examined the influence of task difficulty and diagnosticity (ability information) on task choice and preference. It was found that males preferred diagnostic over non‐diagnostic tasks, but among females significant preferences along this variable were not exhibited. Furthermore, the desire to obtain ability‐relevant information decreased as a function of prior knowledge about one's ability. Both high and low ability self‐perceptions…
Personality structure across cultures: A multimethod evaluation
Personality structure was assessed in 4 countries (Canada, Finland, Poland, and Germany) using both an established verbal personality inventory and a new nonverbal personality questionnaire. A 5-factor structure was found to be highly robust in that it was replicated across the 4 cultures and across the 2 personality assessment methods. The data are discussed in terms of (a) the failure to support a semantic similarity interpretation of personali…
Models of covariation and attribution: How do they relate to the analogy of analysis of variance
The Structure of Personality In Six Cultures
A new structured nonverbal measure of Murray's needs (the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire) and an established verbal measure (the Personality Research Form) were administered to respondents in six cultures: Canada, Finland, Poland, Germany, Russia, and Hong Kong. An analysis of the psychometric properties of the nonverbal personality inventory showed generally good levels of internal consistency reliability and convergent validity across the …
Ability, luck, and looks: An evolutionary look at achievement ascriptions and the sexual attribution bias
Female and male participants (in their early 20s) attributed the success of same-aged (Study 1A-1C) male and female stimulus persons of varying attractiveness to ability, effort, luck, and looks. Consistent with the evolutionary prediction that mating motivation and intrasexual competition determine achievement ascriptions, female participants explained the success of attractive women with luck more and with ability less (i.e., in a derogative wa…
The Kelley model as an analysis of variance analogy: How far can it be taken
Situations, attributions, and the evaluation of reactions
Attributions of depressed persons: How consistent are they with the covariation principle
The sensitivity of depressives' and nondepressives' attributions to covariation information is investigated. Individuals differing in depression made attributions in response to descriptions of negative situations, either without or with additional covariation information designed to lead to external and specific (Studies 1, 2, and 3) or to internal, stable, and global attributions, or to both (Studies 2 and 3). Covariation information modified a…
Some determinants of task preference and the desire for information about the self
This research examined the influence of task difficulty and diagnosticity (ability information) on task choice and preference. It was found that males preferred diagnostic over non‐diagnostic tasks, but among females significant preferences along this variable were not exhibited. Furthermore, the desire to obtain ability‐relevant information decreased as a function of prior knowledge about one's ability. Both high and low ability self‐perceptions…
Attributional retraining: A review
Attributional retraining: A review
Attributional conceptions in clinical psychology
Attributional conceptions in clinical psychology
Situations, attributions, and the evaluation of reactions
Models of covariation and attribution: How do they relate to the analogy of analysis of variance
The Kelley model as an analysis of variance analogy: How far can it be taken
Personality structure across cultures: A multimethod evaluation
Personality structure was assessed in 4 countries (Canada, Finland, Poland, and Germany) using both an established verbal personality inventory and a new nonverbal personality questionnaire. A 5-factor structure was found to be highly robust in that it was replicated across the 4 cultures and across the 2 personality assessment methods. The data are discussed in terms of (a) the failure to support a semantic similarity interpretation of personali…
The Functional Value of Realistic Attributions
A research program is described that revolves around the assumption that it is functional to make realistic attributions. First, the application of an attributional framework to questions of behavior modification is described. Second, it is argued that this application reveals limitations of basic attribution research. Theories about the antecedents and consequences of causal attributions have been treated as unrelated. Third, a theoretical model…
The Structure of Personality In Six Cultures
A new structured nonverbal measure of Murray's needs (the Nonverbal Personality Questionnaire) and an established verbal measure (the Personality Research Form) were administered to respondents in six cultures: Canada, Finland, Poland, Germany, Russia, and Hong Kong. An analysis of the psychometric properties of the nonverbal personality inventory showed generally good levels of internal consistency reliability and convergent validity across the …
The psychological causality implicit in verbs: A review
The psychological causality implicit in verbs: A review
Attributions of depressed persons: How consistent are they with the covariation principle
The sensitivity of depressives' and nondepressives' attributions to covariation information is investigated. Individuals differing in depression made attributions in response to descriptions of negative situations, either without or with additional covariation information designed to lead to external and specific (Studies 1, 2, and 3) or to internal, stable, and global attributions, or to both (Studies 2 and 3). Covariation information modified a…
Does scientific thinking lead to success and sanity? An integration of attribution and attributional models
A motivational model is introduced that integrates conceptions of attributional antecedents with those of attributional consequences, and suggests that it is functional to make realistic attributions. This model is applied to the analysis of achievement behaviour and depression. The use of a new experimental paradigm designed to test the model's assumptions demonstrates that realistic attributions maximise performance. The model was also used to …
Ability, luck, and looks: An evolutionary look at achievement ascriptions and the sexual attribution bias
Female and male participants (in their early 20s) attributed the success of same-aged (Study 1A-1C) male and female stimulus persons of varying attractiveness to ability, effort, luck, and looks. Consistent with the evolutionary prediction that mating motivation and intrasexual competition determine achievement ascriptions, female participants explained the success of attractive women with luck more and with ability less (i.e., in a derogative wa…
Attribution: An Introduction to Theories, Research and Applications
Attribution concerns the scientific study of naive theories and common-sense explanations. This text provides a thorough and up-to-date introduction to the field, combining comprehensive coverage of the fundamental theoretical ideas and most significant research with an overview of more recent developments. The author begins with a broad overview of the central questions and basic assumptions of attribution research. This is followed by discussio…
Psychology (17 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Attribution (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (3 works)