According to Kelley, one of the first psychologists to investigate the question of how people interpret the behavior of others, people tend to make attributions by making use of __________.

A) heuristics
B) a covariation principle
C) unconscious processes
D) syllogistic reasoning

Covariation Principle

A theory suggesting that people attribute behavior to causes that appear at the same time as the behavior and are absent when the behavior does not occur.

Attributions

The process by which individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, either their own or others'.

Heuristics

A strategy for making judgments quickly, at the price of occasional mistakes.