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Fritz Heider

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German psychologist (1896-1988)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1896 to 1988 · aged 91
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Fritz Heider was an American/Austrian social psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school. In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory.

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1965APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology
1959Kurt Lewin Award
1947Guggenheim Fellowship
honorary doctorate of the University of Graz

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Fritz Heider was an American/Austrian social psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school. In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory. This book presents a wide-range analysis of the conceptual framework and the psychological processes that influence human social perception. It had taken 15 years to complete; before it was completed it had already circulated through a small group of social psychologists.

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Lived 1896 to 1988 · aged 91
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