THE ATTRIBUTION OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE - THE SUBJECT OBJECT CONTRAST

160 secondary school teachers were administered questionnaires on attr ibutions for success and.failure in students familiar to them. Student profiles were obtained by a 2 (success or failure) x 2 (extreme or mo derate grades) design. The list of attributions employs classic dimens ions (internal/external), stable/unstable, controlable/non controlable ) plus a new dimension (academic/non academic) shown to be relevant in two preliminary surveys. The results indicate an interaction between the two independent variables as a function of the internal/external d imension. Responses characterizing for success and failure reveal a sp ecific dimension termed subject/object, that parallels the a-priori ac ademic/non academic dimension.