Consider Kelley's Three Sources of Information Which People Use to Make

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Essay

Consider Kelley's three sources of information which people use to make a causal attribution. Which specific combination of sources of information is most likely to lead to an external attribution? Give a hypothetical example of an external attribution and how it would be high or low on each source of information.

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