What is attribution theory? “Attribution theory examines the way one’s cultural background, personality, and upbringing shape the way an individual explains what is observed and what happens. My attribution theory heavily reflects on a family first bases. I grew up with siblings and a big extended family that taught me when family calls, you answer. I have applied that to my family and want to pass that attribution theory on to my son.
What aspects of attribution theory are important and relevant to the discussion of cultural intelligence? “Attribution theory is important to interpretive CQ because culture significantly shapes how we organize the world, and interpretive CQ is focused on looking at how we see the world.” This allows our cultures to have subsets of categories, which allows diversity in the way we understand the world. This allows us to think deeper and truly understand why we view things as we do.
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Give specific examples from Hiebert’s article. In the Indian Culture fuzzy set are more expected in comparison to the American culture. I found it interesting to read that “Trucks, cars, cycles, rickshaws, carts, animals and pedestrians compete for the usage of the same space” within the Indian culture (11). Americans in contrast “positive value is placed on roads bounded by curbs andwell marked lanes…” (10 &11). As an American I can image traveling to a place of Indian culture and feeling shell shocked by the vast different in our worldview. It would be an internal battle for me to not try to change some things that have fuzzy boundaries even while in another