**Choose one of the following behaviors and list at least 3 situational factors
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**Choose one of the following behaviors and list at least 3 situational factors and 3 dispositional factors that may influence the behavior: (a) getting rejected after asking someone out on a date, (b) getting into a fist fight. (3 points)
***Using your example from #1 above, consider how people might explain their own behavior (getting rejected or getting in a fight). Include AT LEAST 2 principles from the Self, Social Cognition, or Social Attribution chapters. Points are awarded for an accurate description of the principle as well as correct application of the concept to your example.
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a) Upon getting rejected on a date, situational attribution may be that the circumstances of meeting were such that the person ended up did not liking them. This kind of causation is situational, however when one takes it personally and feels targeted as being undesirable or less than anyone else, then that is a dispositional reasoning. Similarly, the locus of control for people differs in very many ways in their every day lives in terms of how their cognition functions. Some people may have it internalised where they feel responsible for their own actions, thus making wiser choices versus the ones who tend to blame the environment and external occurences for their own situations and life circumstances. Such people take little or no responsibility for their own lives.
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