... People can decide however they want to behave which means that people do feel responsible for their actions. For instance our intelligence is a very common factor. ( Fritz Heider, 1958 ) COVARIATION MODEL Kelley (1967) has developed a Covariation model which is considered to be a successful method that helps to explain people's behavior. To narrow down a specific attribution the psychologists look at number of situations. The essential information's which are gathered from the situation are: * Consensus information is the information regarding how other people besides the actor treat the target. * Distinctiveness information: about how the actor treats other people besides the target * And consistency information: how the actor treats the target across time and different situations. (Akert. R.,& Aronson, E., & Wilson, T. (2005). "Social Psychology" ) Covariation model specifies that people tend to make internal attributions when consensus and distinctiveness are low and consistency is high. And they tend to ...

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