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Unit 9 – Social Psychology
Topic 9.1
What impact did Fritz Heider's work have on the development of Attribution Theory?
He championed an approach that ignored individual interpretations in favoring societal beliefs only.
His ideas laid the foundation for modern attribution theory by distinguishing between internal and external attributions.
He argued against the existence of any framework for understanding attributions.
His research disapproved previous notions about attributing characteristics to persons or situations.
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