Situational+and+Dispositional

Describe the role of situational and dispositional factors in explaining behavior.


 * Situational and dispositional factors** are related to eachother. When people tend to explain their own personal behavior they tend to attribute it to **situational factors**.

A**ctor-observer effect** - when people attribute behavior whether they are doing it or are seeing someone's performing it. People are more likely to explain people's behavior by pointing to dispositional factors rather than situational.
 * Dispositional factors** is the other way around taking into account to internal factors. When people observe ones behavior and tend to attribute it to dispositional factors. For example, if a person is waiting to meet with other friends and they do not come on time this person automatically attribute their late for different reasons.
 * The theory of Attribution**

" Describe the Role of Situational and Dispositional Factors in Explaining Behavior." - Term Papers. Sophie Landesmann, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.

Studies:
 * Philip Zimbardo – Stanford Prison Experiment (Conformity/SIT)**
 * Solomon Asch – Asch’s Paradigm Experiment (Conformity)**
 * link :** [|http://ibpsychnotes.com/scloa-lo/lo5/]