Attribution Theoryis a motivational
theory looking at how the average person constructs the meaning of an event
based on his /her motives to find a cause and his/her knowledge of the
environment.
Att. Theory basically looks at how people make
sense of their world; what cause and effect inferences they make about the
behaviors of others and of themselves. Heider states that there is a strong
need in individuals to understand transient events by attributing them to the
actor's disposition or to stable characteristics of the environment.




