Relationship of Awareness and Belief in Heredity/Environment Mechanisms on Internality Dimension of Attribution for Success

Abstract

Present study was conducted to examine the role of belief in and awareness of heredity/environment mechanisms on causal ascriptions for events related to success.  To fulfill the objectives of the investigation, study was divided in two phases. In first phase, total 800 subjects were administered measures of awareness of heredity/environment mechanisms and belief in heredity/environment. In the second phase of the study, a sample of 270 subjects was selected on the basis of scores of heredity/environment belief and awareness of heredity/environment mechanisms following a single step double criterion. All the subjects of the second phase were administered a questionnaire measuring causal ascriptions for events of success and failure. Appropriate statistical analysis was applied on the collected data and results revealed significant main as well as interactive effects among the variables.