Relational Attribution Theory

The book Integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity second edition by David Entwistle introduces the text by explaining how psychology can go in a direction, and Christian theology approach can lead in a different direction. He continued by stating the need for understanding and studying human behavior because people come from different walks of life and different expectations. It leads us to form unique perspectives to help give us an understanding of the individuals you encounter. The Entwistle 's book addresses the relationship between Christianity and culture, Christianity and science, and Christianity and psychology.

What does psychology have to do with the Christian faith? In Psychology and Christianity: Five Views, by Myers, Jones, Roberts, Watson, Coe, Hall, and Powlison (2010) is an introductory textbook for Christian psychology that provides sound arguments for an array of positions on psychology and faith. Each author contributed an essay and in return the other essayist respond by either agreeing or disagreeing by pointing out faults and explaining why.

David Entwistle’s (2010) book, Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration, is an in-depth examination of the integration of psychology and Christian theology. Entwistle (2010) provides insightful information as he explores the history, worldview issues, and philosophical foundations behind the integration of these two disciplines. The fundamental substance of the text is the presupposition that “both psychology and Christian theology provide useful perspectives through which we can study and understand human behavior, and together they can give us a more complete and accurate picture of human nature and functioning” (p. 3). Composing

The author provides five models for relating to psychology and theology. These models seek to provide the reader with a clear understanding of the various perspectives about book of God’s word, which reveals the will of God and the book of God’s works which is his expressed power that

Attribution theory: an attempt when individuals observe behavior to determine whether it is internally or externally caused

The book, Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity written by Entwistle, N. David, analyzes the integration between Christianity and psychology. Entwitle explains why Christianity and psychology cannot integrate in the same area because the former is based on faith while the latter is based on the truth. However, he emphasizes that the interaction between psychology and Christianity cannot be avoided because the two concepts help people to understand the source of human behavior, as well as the healing process of a broken heart (Entwistle, 2010, p. 51). The theme of the whole text is inclined upon the idea that psychology and Christianity can be integrated and used together irrespective of the fact that they are based on completely different ideas.

The authors explain that “fundamental attribution error” is when people focus too much on individual traits rather than the “situational factors in affecting behavior.” What seems to be the case is that “fundamental attribution error” is main problem with Ross and Nisbett’s piece. They tried to focus too much on the logical side of things while entirely disregarding the human factor in their

Looking Past Appearances People are susceptible to making faulty assumptions about others. Intentionally and unintentionally, judgments upon an unfamiliar face is made swiftly. In less than a second, a snap judgement that is “surprisingly hard to budge” is formed in the mind (Highfield, Wiseman, Jenkins). In a phenomenon known as the halo effect, “the perception of positive qualities in one thing or part gives rise to the perception of similar qualities in related things or in the whole.” (Dobrin)

Attribution explanation (of why something works or happens the way it does), deals with how the sets of very negative beliefs by others uses information to arrive at proof that one thing definitely causes another explanations events. It examines what information is gathered and how it is combined to form a (proof that one thing definitely causes another) judgment” (Fiske, & Taylor, 1991)

Diagnosis bias is where one labels a person based on their first impression of that person. Diagnosis bias and value attribution are closely related. With both of these, people refuse to let go of their initial view of a person. When the MIT students were told that their substitute would be “rather cold” or “very warm” (72), instead of evaluating the traits of the sub on their own, they could not get past their initial perception of him. The students had labeled the teacher and assigned his worth beforehand and were thus unable to see past their views of him.

This internal attribution hypothesis is a terrible response for me because it means I make a terrible friend. This thought make me more awful than broken wrist and flat tire, and I would really consider whether I need to make this friend or not.

Whether we admit it or not, we have a tendency to judge others.We generate perceptions about other people without any hard facts. What we see on the surface seems to be enough for us to come up with a quick assumption about that person that leads to fundamental attribution error. At a young age, I have experienced the damaging effects of snap judgements.

In The Power of Situations: Jonestown and the Fundamental Attribution Error by Heidi R.Riggio and Amber L. Garcia examined if a real-life example such as, the cult, People’s Temple or Jonestown, could influence use of the fundamental attribution error. Fundamental attribution error is the tendency of an observer to overestimate the influence of personal dispositional factors and underestimate the influence of situational

Attribution bias is the illogical reasoning behind people’s decisions about one’s own and others’ behaviour by giving objective views on situations, it is essentially faults in a process of elucidation and can lead to errors in interpretation of our own and other’s behaviour because:

Despite this, personal construct theory was criticised for the lack of the possibility to compare and generalised the findings across the wider population, which instead seems to be a strength of trait theory.