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==Attribution theory==
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Attribution theory describes individual's motivation to formulate explanatory attributions ("reasons") for events they experience, and how these beliefs affect their emotions and motivations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Social Psychology|last=Kassin|first=Saul|publisher=Wadsworth: Cengage Learning|year=2007|isbn=978-0-618-86846-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/socialpsychology07edkass}}</ref> Attributions are predicted to alter behavior, for instance attributing failure on a test to a lack of study might generate emotions of shame and motivate harder study. Important researchers include [[Fritz Heider]] and [[Bernard Weiner]]. Weiner's theory differentiates intrapersonal and interpersonal perspectives.  Intrapersonal includes self-directed thoughts and emotions that are attributed to the self. The interpersonal perspective includes beliefs about the responsibility of others and emotions directed at other people, for instance attributing blame to another individual.<ref>{{cite journal |last = Weiner |first = Bernard |title = Interpersonal and intrapersonal theories of motivation from an attributional perspective |journal = Educational Psychology Review |year = 2000 |volume = 12 |issue = 1 |pages = 1–14 |doi = 10.1023/A:1009017532121 |s2cid = 19527829 }}</ref>