What Is Historical Analysis

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is historical analysis?

• A) When numerical data are available, a trend can be plotted to display changes through time and into the future
• B) A trend is examined to identify its nature, causes, speed of development, and potential impacts
• C) Trends viewed as particularly important in a specific community, industry, or sector are carefully monitored, watched, and reported to key decision makers
• D) Historical events are studied to anticipate the outcome of current developments

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Definitions:

External Attribution

The process of attributing the cause of someone's behavior to external factors or situations beyond the individual's control.

Internal-Stable

An attribution style where individuals believe that the causes of their behavior or events are due to stable, internal factors within themselves.

Weiner's Model

A theory of motivation and emotion in psychology that categorizes the causes of success and failure along dimensions of stability, locus of control, and controllability.

External-Unstable

An attributional style where an individual believes that the cause of events is due to changeable, external factors.