Attributional egotism

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Attributional egotism ( attributional egotism ) refers to the tendency of a person with good results, the responsibility to reclaim for themselves and denying responsibility for poor results. Attributional egotism is a component of positive illusions and is related to self (value) enhancing attributions and self (value) protective attributions such as self-worthiness distortion .

See also egotism

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Snyder, ML, Stephan, WG & Rosenfeld, D. (1976). Egotism and attribution . In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 33, 435-441.

literature

  • Bierhoff, H.-W. & Herner, MJ: Social Psychology Terms Dictionary 1. Edition. Kohlhammer, 2002, ISBN 3-17-016982-3
  • Stephan, WG & Gollwitzer, PM (1981). Affect as a mediator of attributional egotism. In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 17, 443-458.