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Situational attribution

This explains Behaviour in terms of aspects of the situation that a person is in rather than the person's internal characteristics such as personality.

Example ... if someone falls over they would explain this action using external attributes - the floor was wet, there was a banana skin ... 

See also dispositional attribution.