Hi,
1. 「ついてないな。あの伝票さえ担当していなければ・・・」
Does this mean "What bad luck! If only that receipt wasn't my responsibility!" (i.e. wishing that she wasn't responsible for a mistake that has occurred)?
2. 社会心理学では、なぜそうなったのかを考えることを「 原因帰属」といい、観察して得られたデータをもとに、その理論化が試みられてきた。
My translation: "In social psychology, the question of why this is so [= why people react in certain ways] is called 「原因帰属」, and these theories have been tested based on data obtained from observation."
a) Meaning-wise, it looks to me as if 得られた should be passive, but I seem to remember learning that this verb is not used in the passive, so is it actually potential?
b) Same question for 試みられて: passive or potential?
c) What is the purpose of 化? Why not just 理論?
3. Next sentence:
もっとも、人間の行動がすべて理論化されて予測可能に なるわけではないが。
My translation: "Of course, (if) human actions are completely explained by theory, (then) perhaps it is (also) possible to predict them."
I assumed が was a typo for か, but on the audio it also sounds like が. I thought it must be か to give the expected meaning "maybe it's the case that...". What's going on here?
4. Next sentence:
その代表的なものとしてワイナーの原因帰属理論がある。右の表を見てわかるように・・ ・
a) What does その代表的なもの refer to? Could it refer to 右の表?
b) In what sense is として used? Could it be saying that Weiner's theory takes the form of その代表的なもの?
1. 「ついてないな。あの伝票さえ担当していなければ・・・」
Does this mean "What bad luck! If only that receipt wasn't my responsibility!" (i.e. wishing that she wasn't responsible for a mistake that has occurred)?
2. 社会心理学では、なぜそうなったのかを考えることを「 原因帰属」といい、観察して得られたデータをもとに、その理論化が試みられてきた。
My translation: "In social psychology, the question of why this is so [= why people react in certain ways] is called 「原因帰属」, and these theories have been tested based on data obtained from observation."
a) Meaning-wise, it looks to me as if 得られた should be passive, but I seem to remember learning that this verb is not used in the passive, so is it actually potential?
b) Same question for 試みられて: passive or potential?
c) What is the purpose of 化? Why not just 理論?
3. Next sentence:
もっとも、人間の行動がすべて理論化されて予測可能に なるわけではないが。
My translation: "Of course, (if) human actions are completely explained by theory, (then) perhaps it is (also) possible to predict them."
I assumed が was a typo for か, but on the audio it also sounds like が. I thought it must be か to give the expected meaning "maybe it's the case that...". What's going on here?
4. Next sentence:
その代表的なものとしてワイナーの原因帰属理論がある。右の表を見てわかるように・・ ・
a) What does その代表的なもの refer to? Could it refer to 右の表?
b) In what sense is として used? Could it be saying that Weiner's theory takes the form of その代表的なもの?
