For Heider, _____ include abilities and motivation, whereas _____ include task difficulty and luck.
A) individual beliefs; social beliefs
B) intelligence strengths; effort strengths
C) dispositional attributions; situational attributions
D) environmental attributions; personal attributions

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Heider distinguished between dispositional attributions (attributing behavior to internal, stable characteristics such as personality traits) and situational attributions (attributing behavior to external, changeable factors such as the task difficulty or luck). Abilities and motivation are examples of dispositional attributions, while task difficulty and luck are examples of situational attributions. None of the other answer choices accurately reflect Heider's distinction.

For Heider, _____ Include Abilities and Motivation, Whereas _____ Include

For Heider, _ Include Abilities and Motivation, Whereas _ Include