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attribution
attribution. A term in art history and criticism for the assignment to an artist of a work of uncertain authorship. Attributions are sometimes made on the evidence of documents. A painting of unknown authorship may, for example, be found to accord with a description in an inventory where the artist... Read more |
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Attribution Theory
Attribution theory An area of cognitive therapy that is concerned with how people explain the causes of behavior, both their own and those of others. A major concept in the study of attribution theory is locus of control : whether one interprets events as being caused by one's own behavior or... Read more |
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inverse analysis
inverse analysis The grouping of attributes based on an analysis of the individuals that possess or lack those attributes; e.g. in plant ecology the grouping of species according to their presence, absence, or relative abundances at different sample sites. The term is used particularly in numerical... Read more |
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Agrapha of Jesus
Agrapha of Jesus [gr.,=unwritten], sayings attributed to Jesus not found in the canonical Gospels, but found elsewhere in the New Testament, the Apocryphal Gospels, the early Fathers, and the Qur'an.... Read more |
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Saint Matthew
Saint Matthew in the New Testament, one of the Twelve Apostles. Also called Levi, he was a publican (tax collector) from Capernaum. Since the 2d cent. the first Gospel (see Matthew, Gospel according to ) has been attributed to him, but the attribution is almost certainly incorrect. Matthew is said... Read more |
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Imputed
IMPUTED Attributed vicariously. In the legal sense, the term imputed is used to describe an action, fact, or quality, the knowledge of which is charged to an individual based upon the actions of another for whom the individual is responsible rather than on the individual's own acts or omissions.... Read more |
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Bion
Bion , fl. 2d cent.? BC, Greek bucolic poet, an imitator of Theocritus, b. Phlossa, near Smyrna. Only fragments of his work survive. The Lament for Adonis, attributed to him, was the model for Shelley's Adonais and was translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.... Read more |
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Epimenides
Epimenides , fl. 6th cent.? BC, Cretan prophet and miracle worker. According to one story, he was called to Athens to purify the city after the murder of Cylon on the Acropolis. Many poems, oracles, and sayings were attributed to him (Titus 1.12 is supposed to contain one of these).... Read more |
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anthropomorphism
...representation of the gods in human form or, more generally, to the attribution of human characteristics to animals or to inanimate objects...representing God the Father in art as a benign patriarch.The attribution of human — particularly emotional or mental — characteristics... |
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buildings and the body
...can be really formed or stored up in this repository, without the directive and architectonical power of the soul’; his attribution of architectural power to the soul is a variant of one of the most potent manifestations of the building–body analogy... |
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Cromwell, Oliver
...victory at Marston Moor (July 1644), but his political associates had to publicize his role to counter their opponents' attribution of the victory to Parliament's Scottish allies.Cromwell deplored the failure to follow up this victory effectively... |
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Tourneur, Cyril
...and generally accepted as his until the end of the 19th cent., when Middleton was proposed as the author. Since then there has been prolonged debate over attribution, with Middleton gradually emerging as the most likely candidate. |
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Anthropology
...cultural evolution as compared to cultural relativism. The critical contrast with biological evolution was held to be the attribution of qualitative difference to successive evolutionary stages, and the concept of “multilinear evolution,” that is... |
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Bayeux Tapestry
...is now generally accepted that it was made in England, probably in Kent, of which Odo was earl (1067–82). If the attribution to Odo is correct, then it must have been made between 1066 and 1097, when Odo died; and if it is English, then a date... |
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Bible
...Bible as the basis. In fact, the translators wisely relied heavily on the Geneva version and therefore Tyndale (without attribution), though with some unfortunate Latinized-English amendments. Its superb quality enabled it to supplant all previous versions... |
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furniture
...collections to specific makers. However trade labels adhering to a piece of furniture can in some cases allow some form of attribution to the manufacturer or retailer of the furniture.The principal characteristics popularly attributed to 18th‐century... |
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Miller, Arthur
...Rewritten in three acts, A View from the Bridge was produced in London in 1956 as a club production because it concerns a false attribution of homosexuality, the revised version being produced in New York in 1965. It was widely believed, though Miller denied... |
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penis
...loci of maleness, the penis has also traditionally and cross-culturally signified virility and power. (What else but an attribution of power to the penis could explain the continuing fascination with the posthumously disembodied and preserved penis of Napolean... |
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attribution
attribution •ashen, fashion, passion, ration •abstraction, action, attraction...ocean, potion, promotion •ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution... |
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attribution theory
attribution theory Attribution theory deals with the rules that most people use when they attempt to infer the causes of behaviour they observe. In general, people tend to attribute their own behaviour to the situation or circumstances (social... |
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status-attribution theory
status-attribution theory See JUSTICE, SOCIAL. |
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cost assignment
cost assignment (cost attribution) The procedures by which direct or indirect costs are charged...provided by the organization. Procedures used to achieve cost attribution include absorption costing, activity-based costing, and marginal... |
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ascription
as·crip·tion / əˈskripshən/ • n. the attribution of something to a cause: an ascription of effect to cause. ∎ the attribution of a text, quotation, or work of art to a particular person or period: her ascription of the text to Boccaccio... |
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Heider, Fritz
...in which he uses concepts from Gestalt psychology to develop his theory of balance and causal attribution. Cognitive dissonance and attribution theory both stem directly from Heider's work. |
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abjection
...locomotion, lotion, motion, notion, Nova Scotian, ocean, potion, promotion •ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution... |
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Adhyāsa
Adhyāsa (Skt.). In philosophical Hinduism, superimposing reality on what is not real. It is false attribution, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake. |
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Aileach
...association with the site, the structure is clearly not a sun porch; the names Grianán of Ailech and Greenan Elly are romantic attributions from the 19th century. In the Old Irish Lebor Gabála [Book of Invasions], it is Ailech Néit; also Aileach Ned... |
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allocution
...locomotion, lotion, motion, notion, Nova Scotian, ocean, potion, promotion •ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, circumvolution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution... |
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accusation
accusation • noun deny the accusationsynonyms: charge, allegation, attribution, incrimination, imputation, denouncement, indictment, arraignment, impeachment, citation, inculpation, blame. |
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Attributions and stereotype moderation.
...offer dispositional attributions for the behaviours...1967) or fundamental attribution error (Ross, 1977...not inevitably drive attributions about the behaviours...seen if dispositional attributions are made for the inconsistent...Faith, 1996). (1) ... |
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Attributions and the stigma of illiteracy: understanding help seeking in low...
...influenced by reflected attributions (their perceptions about the attributions that other people will...less optimistic style of attribution than other people. Participants...was collected concerning attributions for the difficulties of... |
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Depressed clients' attributions of responsibility for the causes of and...
...of responsibility attributions was found to be...Weiner's (1985) attribution theory. he relative extent to which attributions about causal events...of responsibility attributions. Unlike other attribution theories, Brickman... |
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Performance attributions: a cross cultural study comparing Singapore, Japan...
...and resulting attributions; such structured...differences in attribution behavior between...counter-defensive attribution approaches) noted systematic attribution differences under...understood considering attributions' informational... |
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The application of attribution theories in marketing research: a critique.
...an integrated review on major attribution theories, and reveals five aspects...marketing research findings based on attribution theories. The critique suggests...evaluations need to be made on attribution theories versus attribution theories... |
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Effects of attribution retraining during therapeutic recreation on...
...effects of attribution retraining on attributions and explanatory...upon healthy attributions (see Forsterling...the past, attribution retraining...persuasion based attribution retraining...recreation on attributions and ... |
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Team-referent attributions among sport performers.(Psychology)
...referent) attributions, whereas Weiner's (1986) attribution theory included...referent attributions. Thus, proponents of attribution theory predict...stability of the attribution given (with stable attributions enhancing ... |
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Distance runners' causal attributions for most successful and least...
...stability. Weiner's attribution model (1979...different causal attributions that people tend...exploring causal attribution theory that followed...investigated causal attributions predominantly...and controllable attributions than did ... |
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Substance abuse and attribution states: The covalent security attribution model
The attribution of the causality regarding the quality...user groups of illegal drugs. An attribution theoretical model based on intergroup...relations as the Covalent Security Attribution model. The Covalent Security Attribution... |
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Parents' Causal Attributions Concerning Their Children's School Achievement:...
...questionnaire concerning their causal attributions, level of education, and parenting...been carried out on the kinds of the attributions parents form about their children...and on the role of parental causal attributions in children's academic achievement... |
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