Fritz Heider, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Heider

German psychologist

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1896

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1988

Profession: writer, psychologist, translator, university teacher

Nationality: United States, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Fritz Heider (February 19, 1896 – January 2, 1988) was an Austrian psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school.
In 1958 he published The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations, which expanded upon his creations of balance theory and attribution theory.
This book presents a wide-range analysis of the conceptual framework and the psychological processes that influence human social perception (Malle,2008).
It had taken 15 years to complete; before it was completed it had already circulated through a small group of social psychologists.