2/14/2021

 Week6 Response to “Attributional Tendencies”

 

According to BYU professor, Ivers said that the ‘Attributional tendencies refer to what do we attribute success, to what do we attribute our personal failures, to what do we attribute the successes of others, to what do we attribute the failures of others’ and has different meaning in cultural views. Let me explain by citing some example.

My stake president who interviewed me when I was released as a full-time missionary was so sad and telling me that he is not a good father because of her daughter’s who didn’t went on a mission. Another example is that when we all got baptized in the Church my younger sister was died and our friends told us that the Lord got angry with us because we change religion. In Philippine Culture if something bad happened to you after you’ve done shortcomings to others, they will consider it as a ‘Karma’ which means a curse is in you now.

 

All cultures have different ways of attributing success and failures. It could be internally or external attributions for example I get a lower score in the class, then I will internally be attributing myself by saying to myself that it is my fault. In the other hand, external Attributional tendencies refer to what do we attribute success, to what do we attribute our personal failures, to what do we attribute the successes of others, to what do we attribute the failures of others.

Attributional tendencies refer to what do we attribute success, to what do we attribute our personal failures, to what do we attribute the successes of others, to what do we attribute the failures of others. Attributional tendencies refer to what do we attribute success, to what do we attribute our personal failures, to what do we attribute the successes of others, to what do we attribute the failures of others. Extenal attribunal tendencies for example is when others can get a good job and they will be taking at my back saying because the manager is his uncle their family are there that’s why they got a good position easily.

Whether it is internal or external attribunal tendencies we must always be watchful in our judgement instead let us pray for them. Let us open our heart and mind the truth that we are all God’s children.