Attributional Analises of the Bhavior Responsibility and Criticism Decision

Judgment of behavior responsibility is the precondition of punishment decision-making. Interpersonal attribution of responsibility is a new field that connects attribution researches with judgments of behavior responsibility. It gives a new angle of view to analysis the relationship between behavior responsibility and punishment decision of failed behavior. This research tested the relationships among attributions, responsibility and punishment making. 171 subjects attended this experiment, the results were: (1) Internal controllable and stable cause of behavior elicited high responsibility judgment and severe criticism; (2) internal uncontrollable and unstable cause elicited lowest responsibility and criticism; (3) the degree of changing tendency of responsibility and criticism was similar; (4) teacher, especially female teacher used criticism less.