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What Happens When You Give People the Benefit of the Doubt
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2130" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_happens_when_you_give_people_the_benefit_of_the_doubt" target="_blank"><strong>What Happens When You Give People the Benefit of the Doubt - Greater Good</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>People who view the behaviors of others in a positive light are happier, a new study suggests.</strong></p><p></p><p>Imagine you made plans with a new friend to talk on the phone. You call, but there’s no answer—and you don’t get a call back. </p><p></p><p>What happened? Perhaps they got held up by caring for their children or a work obligation. Perhaps they didn’t want to meet but didn’t bother to cancel. Or maybe they had a hectic week and simply forgot to write down your appointment time. Or it’s possible that you called the wrong number. </p><p></p><p>In social situations like these, our minds can generate a variety of explanations, ranging from ones that are more charitable to ones that assign blame to the other party. Psychologists refer to this as our <em>attributional style</em>. Past research has found that individuals with a “hostile” attributional style—that is, who tend to assign malicious intent to others’ actions—tend to be <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1990-12109-001" target="_blank">less satisfied with their relationships</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2130, member: 1"] [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/what_happens_when_you_give_people_the_benefit_of_the_doubt'][B]What Happens When You Give People the Benefit of the Doubt - Greater Good[/B][/URL] [B]People who view the behaviors of others in a positive light are happier, a new study suggests.[/B] Imagine you made plans with a new friend to talk on the phone. You call, but there’s no answer—and you don’t get a call back. What happened? Perhaps they got held up by caring for their children or a work obligation. Perhaps they didn’t want to meet but didn’t bother to cancel. Or maybe they had a hectic week and simply forgot to write down your appointment time. Or it’s possible that you called the wrong number. In social situations like these, our minds can generate a variety of explanations, ranging from ones that are more charitable to ones that assign blame to the other party. Psychologists refer to this as our [I]attributional style[/I]. Past research has found that individuals with a “hostile” attributional style—that is, who tend to assign malicious intent to others’ actions—tend to be [URL='https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1990-12109-001']less satisfied with their relationships[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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