Did you look under "attribution" or "attribution theory" - that is the section where it is often covered in social psych texts. Marie
**************************************************** Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Kaufman 168, Dickinson College Carlisle, PA 17013, office (717) 245-1562, fax (717) 245-1971 Office hours: Mon/Thur 3-4, Tues 10:30-11:30 http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/psych/helwegm **************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Britt, Michael [mailto:michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com] Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:42 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Seligman's Explanatory Style One of my favorite theories (which has now found a home in the "positive psychology" movement) is Seligman's ideas regarding the effects of your explanatory style (especially in your reaction to negative events) on your mood. In the early days he talked about a negative style as one that is Internal ("I'm stupid!"), Stable ("I'll never get this!") and Global ("I'm going to fail at other things as well!"). Recently in his more popular books I see that he has changed these terms to Personal, Persistent and Pervasive. Whatever you call them, I rather like the whole theory and certainly think it's worth teaching at the introductory level. I checked a couple of intro books and to my surprise I found very little in-depth coverage of these ideas. I found explanatory style covered briefly in the Personality chapter, and then in the Stress chapters of two other intro books. Too bad - for such a useful theory. Why do you think it doesn't get more exposure? Too much material to cover in one book I suppose. Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
