F.Ex
Coding Scheme for People's Folk Explanations of Behavior
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Bertram F. Malle, University of Oregon
The F.Ex coding scheme classifies folk
explanations of behavior into four modes, one for unintentional
behavior (cause explanations) and three for intentional behavior
(reason explanations, causal history of reason explanations, and
enabling factor explanations). Within each mode, there are also codes
for specific features (such as reason type, reason content, and mental
state markers for reason explanations). This coding scheme is based
on a theoretical model of folk behavior explanations (Malle,
1999, 2004) that attempts to provide a descriptively accurate account
of folk explanations and their conceptual assumptions. Recent
research supports this model and illustrates some of the social
functions that the identified modes and features of explanations
perform (Malle, Knobe, O'Laughlin, Pearce, & Nelson, 2000,
O'Laughlin & Malle, 2002; Malle, Knobe, & Nelson, in press)
Naturally occurring explanations coded with
the F.Ex system
Coder training with
the F.Ex system
New F.Ex workshop document (Oberlin, 2006)
New F.Ex Question & Answer document
New F.Ex reliability computations in SPSS
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