Attributional Tendencies
Attributional tendencies is a great topic to ponder on and learn from. This refers to our disposition of explaining successes, behaviors, failures, results, etc. on either internal or external reasons.
This is a very culture specific topic. It definitely depends on the culture, situation, circumstance, and even individual person to determine what the attributional tendencies are, but here are some general observations.
A very popular attributional tendency is to be proud of oneself and to take credit for the achievements and accomplishments that have been made. While when an error occurs or an unfortunate event, the blame is placed on external forces or others as the explanation. This is a common tendency found in the United States.
The opposite attributional tendency, would be to believe that any success or accomplishment is a result of others help, great instruction, etc. and any failure is because of something oneself did wrong or incorrectly. This is a common tendency found in Japan. Parents of Japanese kids may attribute their successes to their great teachers, parents and other influential adults in their lives, but when it comes to their mistakes, they may internalize the responsibility. The opposite of what a kid in the United States may do.
Hong Kong and India tend to both attribute their success and accomplishments to internal efforts and studies and then also their failures and errors to their own unpreparedness or mistakes.
There is not one way that is superior to the rest, but it is important to understand how different cultural tendencies are. When you realize how others think and act according to the culture they are most accustomed to, it will help us to appreciate their efforts no matter where they think their successes may have come from.
References: John Ivers https://content.byui.edu/file/45b9e59e-e91a-44eb-879b-18efd35d7bab/3/Attributional%20Tendencies%20Cultures.html
What I love most about these blog posts is how they teach us to be more kind and tolerant towards others, to see culture as unique and beautiful and to understand why everyone around the world is different. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHello Brianna,you have written an interesting post.I agree with you be proud of ourselves is a popular tendences.It is NOT good to be credited with all the achievements, many people help so that we can be successful. We need to include and recognize other for their tendences .
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you that even when we belong to a certain culture, we still can be ourselves.
Great post! Each culture has different attributional tendencies to one degree or another. Sometimes they're very similar, but they're always a little different, it just depends on what culture it is.
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