According to Kelley's Covariation Principle

question 21

Multiple Choice

According to Kelley's covariation principle

• A) actors attribute behavior to the situation, but observers attribute behavior to persons.
• B) people fail to use statistical information, instead relying on intuitive theories to make personality inferences.
• C) people infer that something is the cause of a behavior if it is present when the behavior occurs and absent when it does not occur.
• D) people infer the causes of a behavior as a function of the intended consequences of the behavior.

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Coughing Up

The act of forcefully expelling substances from the throat or lungs through the mouth, often a symptom of respiratory conditions.

Trachea

The windpipe; a tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs, allowing the passage of air.

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