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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| History: Past Research on Attribution and Behavior Explanation | |
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| Attribution as Perception: Heider | |
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| Attribution as Trait Inference: Jones and Davis | |
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| Attribution as Causal Judgment: Kelley | |
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| Subsequent Attribution Research | |
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| Desiderata for a Theory of Behavior Explanation | |
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| Foundation: The Folk Theory of Mind and Behavior | |
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| What a Folk Theory Is (and Is Not) | |
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| Function and Dysfunction of Theory of Mind | |
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| The Developing Framework of Mind and Behavior | |
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| Evolutionary Origins | |
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| Summary | |
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| Precis: Behavior Explanations within a Theory of Mind | |
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| Origins: Why and When People Explain Behavior | |
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| Finding Meaning | |
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| Managing Interactions | |
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| When Do People Explain Behavior? A Theory of Wondering Why | |
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| Which Behavioral Events People Explain | |
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| Summary | |
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| Conceptual Structure: A Theory of Behavior Explanations I | |
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| Three Layers of Theory | |
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| Conceptual Structure | |
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| Comparison and Integration with Other Theories | |
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| Meaning Reconsidered | |
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| Psychological Construction: A Theory of Behavior Explanations II | |
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| Explanations as Shopping: An Analogy | |
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| Psychological Determinants of Explanatory Choices | |
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| Cognitive Processes Involved in Selecting Specific Explanations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Behavior Explanations in Language and Communication | |
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| Explanations and "Implicit Verb Causality" | |
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| Explanations as Communicative Acts | |
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| Impression Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| Explaining Behavior of Self and Other | |
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| Actor-Observer Asymmetries in How Behaviors Are Explained | |
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| Intentional or Unintentional? | |
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| Reasons or Causal Histories of Reasons? | |
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| What Type of Reason? | |
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| Add a Mental State Marker? | |
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| Trait or Not? | |
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| Person Cause or Situation Cause? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Explaining Behavior of Individuals and Groups | |
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| Social Perception of Groups | |
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| Aggregate and Jointly Acting Groups | |
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| Differences between Individual and Group Behavior Explanations | |
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| The Social Function of Group Behavior Explanations | |
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| Looking Back and Ahead | |
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| Functions of Explanations: Meaning and Interaction Management | |
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| The Magic of a Theory of Mind | |
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| The Folk-Conceptual Theory of Explanation and Attribution Theory | |
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| Open Theoretical Questions | |
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| Research Applications | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |