Answer: This is attribution theory.
Explanation:
This explains the perspective of individual interpretation of events,and how this influences their decision making, thinking and behaviour.It was formulated by Heider in 1858, but developed by Jones and Wiener.Generally individuals tend to attributes causes to behaviour in order to provide reason(s) for an action or events, and to justify why people undertake certain actions. And the theoretical framework for analysing this is the attribution theory.
It Involved three stage processes
1.The behaviour under investigation must be well perceived by the investigator
2. Then the investigator must have the notion that the action was intentionally undertaken, and not stage to give false impression.
3.The investigator must analyse to conclude whether individual was under duress to perform the action (internal dispositions)or the action was due to influence of another person (external situation). Based on this the reason why the individual performs the actions can be understood.
