Abstract

FARIA, Luísa. Diferenças de sexo nas atribuições causais: Inconsistências e viés . Aná. Psicológica [online]. 1997, vol.15, n.2, pp.259-268. ISSN 0870-8231.

The study of sex differences in causal attributions and dimensions evidences inconsistent results, several theoretical models and biases related with the type of tasks used in the studies, with the achievement contexts in which the tasks are performed and, also, with motivational and gender-role variables, responsible for sex differences in causal attributions. Different theoretical models were proposed to explain sex differences in attributional patterns, such as: the general externality model, the self-derogation model and the low expectancy model. They evidenced only a common prediction: girls are unlikely to attribute their successes to ability, but are more likely to attribute them to luck (Frieze, Whitley, Hanusa & McHugh, 1982). This fact suggests the importance of considering sex and gender-role differences as processes - rather than static entities - influenced by multiple individual and context related factors, that can only be understood when considered in the social context where they are produced (Deaux, 1984).

Keywords : Causal attributions; Sex; Expectancies for success.

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