The concept I am going to take from this week’s assigned
reading is false and accurate attributions. People make attributions about
others all of the time. I think a lot of it has to do with assumptions. Many people
make assumptions and that can lead to false attributions as well as accurate
attributions. For example, I made a false attribution about a teammate when I didn’t
know him very well. I thought he was kind of a cocky kid who liked to talk and I
had a little problem with him for some reason. I made this false attribution
from what other people had told me but did not give him a chance before I actually
knew him. It turned out he was actually a good guy and he is pretty funny. Another
example is when I met another teammate and thought he was a very good player
and a funny guy. I also didn’t know him very well but that is what it seemed
like. It turned out I was right and made an accurate attribution about this
guy. I think making attributions can be very challenging because you do not
know if they are accurate or false.
