Browsing Department of Psychosocial Science by Subject "causal attribution"
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Agents and patients in physical settings: Linguistic cues affect the assignment of causality in German and Tongan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-07)Linguistic cues may be considered a potent tool for focusing attention on causes or effects. In this paper, we explore how different cues affect causal assignments in German and Tongan. From a larger screening study, two ... -
Causal Attribution. Cross-cultural models for explaining events
(Master thesis, 2017-06-13)The purpose of this study was to examine and compare the association between culture and causal attribution for Saami and Norwegian participants. Data was collected through cognitive mapping, a technique aimed towards the ... -
When do past events require explanation? Insights from social psychology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Some past events incite more wonder about their causes than do others. For example, negative events require explanation more than positive events. We review social psychologists’ theoretical and empirical insights on what ...