Attribution (psychology) definition

Attribution (psychology)

WordNet

(1) Assigning to a cause or source

"The attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"

"He questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"

(2) Assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

"The attribution of language to birds"

"The ascription to me of honors I had not earned"

WiktionaryText

theory that states that we all have a basic need to understand and explain the causes of other people's behavior