In this assignment, you apply and integrate the concepts of attribution, attitude, behavior, and cognitive dissonance.Identify a situation in which an individual was persuaded into a decision to engag

Analysis of Wrongdoing

Cindy Sanchez, Moses Sandoval, Jennifer Dials

July 31, 2018

University of Phoenix

Analysis of wrongdoing

Every individual has faced a hard decision in one time of their lives and has come across a situation against their values and morals. Every person is different and has their morals, belief, and ethics they live by on an everyday basis. Society today is persuaded or pressured by another individual to do something wrong, even if they don't want to do it. In this paper, we will discuss and identify a situation where a girl named Cristina decides to decide her values and morals, in regards to cheating and lying on her taxes. Even though she knew what might happen and what the consequences could be her morals were questioned.

Summary of the Situation

Cristina has realized she has worked a lot of overtime within the year and has made too much money. Furthermore, she knows that filling herself will result in having to pay back the IRS money she can't even afford. Cristina's sister had mentioned to her that she could let her claim her two children and use their social security, to get back a couple thousand therefore in return, Cristina could give her five hundred for both children. However, Cristina is aware that by claiming them it’s a wrongful act and she is committing fraud for alleging children that are not hers and can be held accountable and get audited by the IRS. Cristina isn't thinking of the consequences of what might happen if she gets audited she is only thinking of the money she will get back. She also has an evident understanding of what is right from wrong.

Attribution Theory

"Attribution theory deals with how the social perceiver uses the information to arrive at causal explanations for events. It examines what information has been gathered and how it is combined to form a causal judgment” (Fiske, & Taylor, 1991). Attribution theory explains the behavior of other individuals as well as our own. There are many factors that that can be considered with attribution theory. For example, situations that can influence a person’s thinking or actions they take. There are two types of attributions, internal which the behavior comes from the individual's traits and characteristics and external where behavior is impacted by external forces and environment (McLeod, 2012). Therefore, Cristiana's morals and values reflect on her reaction towards the wrongful act she is committing and influenced by another individual.

References

Mcleod, A. (2012). Attribution Theory. Retrieved from https://simplypsychology.org/attribution-theory.html