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For this Discussion, review this week’s media program, Week 3: The Virtual Office, and select an attribution theory. Consider how the theory explains the behavior of the person in the media program.
Post a brief description of the attribution theory you selected. Then describe how the theory you selected explains the behavior of the person in the media. Finally, describe one limitation of the theory in explaining the behavior of the person you selected and explain why it is a limitation. Use the current literature to support your response.
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For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources and consider when you have used heuristics and under what circumstances you used them, and explain the outcome of using the heuristics.
Post a brief explanation of two of the four heuristics (representativeness, availability, false consensus effect, and anchoring heuristic). Then describe one example from work, home, or a social setting of when you found heuristic use to be helpful and one example of when it was not helpful, and explain why. Finally, explain how you might avoid nonhelpful heuristic use, and apply it to the example you previously provided.
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Running head: ATTRIBUTION THEORY
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Attribution theories are explanations that attempt to attach meaning to a certain behavior
of a person. When people act in a certain way, human beings tend to come up with explanations
for their behavior based on different grounds (Crisp & Turner, 2010). People can create
explanations based on information gathered from past experiences, what other people say, or
from materials read. From this week's media (Week 3: The Virtual Office), several people try to
understand Gavin's behavior. Gavin is late for a meeting, he slips and hits his head on a table,
knocks a cup over and spills coffee, forgets to bring invoice documents to the meeting and
almost bump into a workmate among other funny behaviors. Carter thinks that Gavin is a wreck.
Amanda believ...