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General Attribution model: a meta-analysis

The proposed paper will present a meta-analytic investiga-tion of empirical studies testing Pettigrew's (1979) model of the "ultimate attribution error." In a general framework paper, this report: a) explicates the general attribution model; b) describes the essential concepts associated with the ultimate attribution error; c) provides a brief review of the empirical research testing ultimate attribution error principles and postulates; and d) delineates how meta-analytic techniques will be applied to the exiting literature in the area.

As noted by Taylor, Peplau and Sears (1996), in general, attribution refers to the process by which people attempt to infer the cause of events in our world; in other words, attribution theory deals with the "rules" people follow as they make their inferences regarding causal factors. Aronson, Wilson and Akert (1998) note that attributions can be of two types: external or internal.

According to the authors, the external attribution assigns causality for a given event or behavior (either one's own or another's behavior) to an outside agent or force (e.g., "The devil made me, him or her do it."). The internal attribution, on the other hand, makes the claim that the causal factor for the event or behavior lies within the person (e.g., "I, he, or she did it by practicing and working hard." In other words, in internal attribu-tions it is factors internal or characteristic of a person and not a situation or force, or outer agent, that is perceived as direct-ly responsible for the event or behavior.

The ultimate attribution error deals with attributions

related to prejudicial or biased views. According to Pettigrew (1979), people, especially prejudiced people, often have an ethno-centric or cultural bias in their attributions. Specifically, the "ultimate attribution error: holds that:

(1) when people perceive what they regard as a negative (un-desirable) act by an outgroup member (a member of ...

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