Explain the attribution theory and its applicability in education.

Attribution theory is a social psychology theory that deals with how individuals relate and make sense of the social world. More specifically, it is concerned with how people translate events around them and how their translations affect their thinking and behavior. 

The Attribution Theory is concerned with how individuals perceive the information they receive, interpret events, and how these form causal judgements. No individual would take an action or decision without attributing it to a cause or factor.  According to Heider, this is aimed at assessing the explanation that people give to certain behaviors, it considers how individuals interpret their behaviors.  The theory of attribution posits that attribution, whether done internally or externally, has great influence on how people feel and relate to others. 

Heider says that all behavior is considered to be determined by either internal or by external factors:

• External Attribution (Situational Attribution): Causality is assigned to an outside factor, agent or force. Outside factors fall outside your control. You perceive you have no choice. So your behavior is influenced, limited or even completely determined by influences outside your control. Therefore you feel not ____ ____ __________ _____ _________ ____ ____ ________ _____.
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