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responsibility attribution  

Definition

  • A responsibility attribution relates to beliefs about the cause of an event, or outcome, or state. The event in question may be positive (success) or negative, but responsibility is used more in association with aversive outcomes. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Responsibility Attribution]

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