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Q Discussion: Social Perception - Discussion Group 1 From PSYC-01A-52041 33 unread replies.2727 replies. Factors that contribute to social perception include the primacy and recency effects and attribution theory. Considering attribution theory, read the following two short articles on attribution: Effect of Group Identification on the Use of Attributions Download Effect of Group Identification on the Use of Attributions, (Decremer, 2000). It will be helpful to keep in mind this article refers to group efforts. Gender and Attribution of Control over Health and Physical Size Download Gender and Attribution of Control over Health and Physical Size, (Scott, 1997). It will also be helpful to keep in mind this article refers to individual efforts. In 250-300 words, compare the two articles. Did the authors come up with similar conclusions? Respond to at least two other students in 75-100 words. Note: Click the options button in the upper right corner to see the rubric for this exercise.

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This article was very tough for me. I am not sure if I know the right direction in this. But, here goes my try. We have seen that a person's perception is useful in helping us successfully interact with others. In regard's to our discussion of attributions for success and failure, if we all could determine why we did so bad on a test, we can try to prepare ourselves differently so we can do better on the next one. Because a successful route of the social world is based on being accurate, we can expect that our attributional skills will be pretty good.