Samantha is never late for work, but last Monday she arrived an hour late because of heavy traffic. According to the attribution theory, Samantha's behavior on that day scores . a. high on traceability b. high on reliability c. high on stability d. low on consistency e. low on distinctiveness

The correct answer is letter "D": low on consistency.

Explanation:

Austrian psychologist Fritz Heider (1896-1988) is considered the father of the attribution theory. According to Heider, attribution is the method to evaluate how people explain the origin of their own and others' behavior. American social psychologist Harold Kelley (1921-2003) shaped his version of attribution in the Covariation Model (1967) where he analyzed if actions could be attributed to certain characteristics of an individual or the environment.

Kelley's model considered three (3) factors to qualify attribution: consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency. Consistency refers to the frequency people tend to repeat a behavior. If an action is repeated frequently, consistency is high. If not, consistency is low.

Therefore, if Samantha is hardly ever late for work but if in a given day arrives late because of traffic, her coming late to work represents an event with low consistency.

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the tool needs to needs to be used twice – once in order to find what type of people reside in a neighbourhood, and then to see the age groups of the people in the same neighbourhood.

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