Situational and dispositional causes

Attribution theory

James spilt the wine because he is clumsy

He’s late because the traffic is so bad

Aggressive fans were branded ‘as animals’

following yesterday’s game

This couple clearly have not had enough time to practice

this week

Stupid woman, no anticipation or

understanding of other drivers’ needs.

My pockets are really heavy and I can’t find anything

amongst all these twos and ones

Exams are getting easier year on year its hardly

surprising these three girls have got straight As.

Rude git! What can be that important?

Ignorant and heartless; security guard looked on as

woman died

Social psychologist, Stanley Milgram aims to test the

Germans as different hypothesis’

Psychologist Philip Zimbardo argues that it wasn't the

‘apples’ that were bad in Abu Ghraib but the ‘barrel’