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Abstract
The traditionalapproach to studying behavior explanations involves treating them as eitherperson causes or situation causes and assessing them byusing rating scales. An analysis of people’s free-response behavior explanationsreveals, however, that the conceptual distinctions people use in their explanations aremore complex and sophisticated than the person–situation dichotomy suggests. Theauthors, therefore, introduce a model of the conceptual structure of folk behaviorexplanations (the network of concepts and assumptions on which explanations are based) andtest it in 4 studies. The modes and features of behavior explanations within thisconceptual structure also have specific social functions. In 2 additional studies, theauthors demonstrate that people alter distinct features of their explanations whenpursuing particular impression-management goals and that listeners make inferences aboutexplainers’ goals on the basis of these features.
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology – American Psychological Association
Published: Sep 1, 2000