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  Welcome back everyone to my Blog! I hope everyone is doing alright and having a good time during this rough period of life. Today I am going to be talking about Attribution Theory and looking at Anakin and Vader through this lens. For those who do not know Attribution seeks to explain why people feel compelled to understand why things happen in their life. This occurs when someone attempts to determine the cause of an event, effect, or behavior. There are three factors for Attribution Theory: Locus of control, Controllability, and Stability. This is all focusing on Causes, so it is referred to as Causal Attribution Theory. This is going to be tricky to do because in the Star Wars universe there is the concept of the Force. The basic gist of the Force is that is an energy field that binds the whole Universe together. There is the Living Force comprised of all the energies of every single lifeform in the galaxy and the Cosmic Force which is the binding power of everything through...

 Greetings everyone! Welcome back to my character study of Anakin Skywalker/ Darth Vader of the Star Wars Universe. Today we will be looking at his Goals and the complexity of his goals. Looking at the factors behind his goals like his reasons, what kind of goals, and his achievement motive. As I said in my previous posts Anakin’s number goal was to become the greatest Jedi Ever in galactic history so that he could fulfill the prophecy of the Chosen One. This Prophecy states “ A Chosen One shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the Force be restored.” Now whether you believe Luke or Anakin is the Chosen, this blog follows the creator’s mindset and which George Lucas himself has stated that Anakin is the chosen one and that the Jedi interpreted the prophecy incorrectly. Now Anakin’s secondary goal was to have a life beyond that of an ordinary Jedi, which was realized through his secret marriage with Padme Amidala.  To Look at Anakin’s/ Vader’s G...

       Hello Folks, welcome back to the Blog! Today’s post we will look back again at our favorite Chosen One of the Star Wars Universe. This time we will continue to look at our hero and villain through the lens of Expectancy-Value Theory but more of a focus on the Value Aspect of the theory. So, Anakin’s values for himself are all included in interests, reasons, goals, utility value, and cost/benefit. For Anakin’s goals, we have talked about how he wants to become the greatest Jedi ever in recorded history and to fulfill his love with his secret wife Padme Amidala. For Anakin’s interests that would be keeping the peace, building, creating, fixing, repairing, and Padme. His reasons would be the Jedi Code, the Prophecy of the Chosen One, and his deep feelings for those he loves. For his utility value, Anakin is constantly seeking what is relevant for his goal of fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One or for Protecting Padme. His most cost/benefit value is about s...