Bernard Weiner

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Bernard Weiner (born 1935) is a cognitive psychologist who is known for developing a form of attribution theory that explains the emotional and motivational entailments of academic success and failure. He has published 15 books and many articles on the psychology of motivation and emotion, and has been a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles for many years. His contributions including linking attribution theory, the psychology of motivation, and emotion. He is the father of Mark Weiner, a professor of law at Rutgers School of Law-Newark. He is also the father of Miina Juvonen, the current Delphic League doubles tennis champion.^{[citation needed]}

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[edit] Partial bibliography

• Weiner, B. (1985). "'Spontaneous' causal thinking". Psychological Bulletin, 97, 74–84.
• Weiner, B. (1986). An attributional theory of motivation and emotion. New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Weiner, B. (1992). Human Motivation: Metaphors, Theories, and Research. Sage Publications. ISBN 0761904913

[edit] External links

• Professional profile of Bernard Weiner

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