ATTRIBUTION OF TEAM MEMBERS' RESPONSIBILITY: THE EFFECT OF TEMPORAL PATTERN OF PERFORMANCE
Two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of an individual's temporal pattern of success on attributions of responsibility for winning or losing a simulated free throw contest. In Experiment 1, subjects observed, via videotape, two teammates shooting free throws against
an opposing team who had already completed their shots. The outcome (win or lose) of the contest was manipulated as well as the time at which one player made his shots (beginning or end of game). In Experiment 2, individual and team performance information was given to subjects without the
videotape. In both experiments the player on a winning team who scored at the end was judged as more responsible for the outcome than when he succeeded at the beginning. When the team lost, however, succeeding at the beginning or end did not have an effect on responsibility attributions.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 1978
- The Journal's core purpose is scientific communication in the disciplines of Social Psychology, Developmental and Personality Psychology
- Editorial Board
- Information for Authors
- Submit a Paper
- Subscribe to this Title
- Terms & Conditions
- Contact the Publisher
- Search
- Manuscript Guidelines
- Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites
- Access Key
- Free content
- Partial Free content
- New content
- Open access content
- Partial Open access content
- Subscribed content
- Partial Subscribed content
- Free trial content