Social psychology studies the way individual behavior and social contexts influence each other. Attribution theory focuses on the explanations individuals generate to explain specific events or outcomes. Harold Kelley discussed types of information people consider when they make attributions. According to Kelley, people tend to make internal attributions when behavior has what qualities?

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Kelley believed that people tend to make internal attributions for behavior that is low in distinctiveness and consensus and high in consistency-behavior that the individual engages in consistently over time and that other people do not engage in when in the same situation.

Social Psychology Studies the Way Individual Behavior and Social Contexts