Question: Discuss the relevance of attribution theory to educational psychology.
Answer: Attribution theory refers to the “causal explanations that individuals infer for their own behaviour, and that of others, in an attempt to interpret their social world” (Burgner and Hewstone, 1993. p.125). As Eslea (1999) notes, “attributional styles have been found to be an important factor in a number of areas relevant to education, including childhood and adolescent depression, familial abuse, reading achievement, academic task persistence and coping with the problems of low socio-economic status” p. 35. The aim of this essay is to discuss the relevance of attribution theory to educational psychology....(short extract)
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- Subject: Education
- Course: Education General
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 71%
- Words: 2149
- Date submitted: July 09, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 1849
