Dispositional attribution
Multiple inferences about motive-related traits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6200420 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn D Reeder, R V Steele, Roos Vonk (0000-0002-6239-4100), M F McKellar, Marla J Ronk, Jaap Ham (0000-0003-1703-5165), Melissa Lawrence |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 530-544 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.86.4.530 |
| PMID | 15053704 |
| OpenAlex | W15053704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 52 |
This research views dispositional inference as a process whereby perceivers integrate multiple inferences about a target person's motives and traits. The findings suggest that although perceived motives may stimulate extra attributional processing (S. Fein, 1996), the content of the inferred motive is important as well. Perceivers learned about situational forces implying that a target person had free choice, no choice, or an ulterior motive for helpful behavior. Inferences about the target's helpfulness differed depending on whether the target's behavior was attributed to an obedience motive (no-choice condition) or to a selfish motive (ulterior-motive condition). In general, inferences about motives were more predictive of dispositional inferences than were global causal attributions (to situational vs. dispositional forces) or base rate assumptions
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