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Personal causality, refers to instances in which p causes x intentionally. That is to say, the action is purposive.

— Fritz Heider

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One might say psychological processes such as motives, intentions, sentiments, etc., are the core processes which manifest themselves in overt behavior and expression in many variable ways.

In the basic case, where the person is concerned with the dispositional properties of his surrounding environment, the choice is between external attribution and internal (self) attribution.

The action outcome, x , may then be said to be dependent upon a combination of effective personal force and effective environmental force, thus

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