situational attribution

the ascription of one’s own or another’s behavior, an event, or an outcome to causes outside the person concerned, such as luck, pressure from other people, or external circumstances. Also called environmental attribution; external attribution. Compare dispositional attribution.

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Psychology term of the day

April 19th 2024

ventral anterior nucleus

a nucleus of the anterior thalamus that receives inputs from the basal ganglia and sends connections to the precentral cerebral cortex.