Consistency and Cognition: A Theory of Causal Attribution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780898592207)

First published in 1983. Theories of causal attribution fall into two areas- those that are concerned with the basic psychological processes underlying causal attribution and those that deal with the motivational, affective, and behavioral consequences of causal assignation. The authors of this study explore the first theory theory based on one major assumption. Causal attribution is a manifestation of the tendency for consciousness, as a system, to organize cognitive content, that is, cognitions, into the simplest structures possible.

Author: S. Duval, V. H. Duval, F. S. Mayer
ISBN-10: 0898592208
ISBN-13: 9780898592207
Publisher: Psychology Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/1983
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d