ATTRIBUTIONS

The attributions is a psychological discipline that a person must develop correctly. Many times we have that bad habit of attributing our failures to other people, even a thing, for example if we are late, maybe we blame the clock or the bus that was delayed. We do not deny that we ever did it. But that serves as an example to ask ourselves if it was the right thing to do, and we all know the answer, and it is not.

I think our common sense makes us realize how our attributions should be. Reaching a balance of internal and external attributions is essential to have peace within us.

We may think that, as Brother Ivers mentioned about Japanese culture and how they attribute their successes to their parents, teachers and their failures to themselves, we may think that this is what should be done, but to the point of committing suicide. To give an excessive internal contribution affects us a lot.

We could see the negative things of how we attribute to our actions. Not only is suicide an example of an internal attribution but also deprecion, low self-esteem. But with this I do not want to say that it is wrong to make us feel guilty. But there should be a limit.

In external attribution we can also see negative things such as lack of commitment or self-responsibility. As I mentioned before, it is all part of our common sense to reach a balance.

Sometimes our culture accustoms us to having the habit of giving internal or external attributions in different situations, but we must always think for a few seconds and see if it is correct.

I think that the attribution tendencies should be well explained in a TESOL classroom because in this way we will help the students to have an emotional self-sufficiency without affecting their cultures.