Posted by 64bowtie on April 12, 2006, at 2:55:45
In reply to Re: GG, its ok to be direct about Causal Attribution, posted by special_k on April 9, 2006, at 5:52:27
> admitting one has done wrong
> can be too hard on the ego
> especially if you tend to make attributions of negative traits that are likely to persist through time...
> tends to lead to depression
> (people with depression tend to make more accurate self attributions rather than people who are not depressed who tend to have over inflated images of themselves)
>
> in other words...
>
> it might in actual fact be healthier to DENY responsibility...
>
> though probably better still...
>
> to attribute to something shortlived and unlikely to recur.
>
> act of god?
>
> hrm.
>
> ;-)
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