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AUGMENTATION PRINCIPLE

By N., Sam M.S.

in attribution theory, the principle that if someone performs an action when there are known constraints, his or her motive for acting must be stronger than any of the inhibitory motives or constraints. Compare with the discounting principle, [introduced by U.S. social psychologist Harold H. Kelley (1921-2003)1

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