Differences of Attribution between Males and Females

Introduction Much research has established that causal attributions differ cross culturally. A classicfinding is that Americans are prone to make fundamental attribution errors, whereas Chinese, Indians and Koreans are more likely to attend to situations (Morris peng, shweder)The proposed mechanism:implicit theories that is present in American vs. Chinese society.Because Americans are more independent, so they are more likely to see individuals as agents. While Chinese are more interdependent (markus&kitayama), so they are more likely to see holistic influences on people’s behavior.