Outline and critically evaluate Kelleys covariation based account of causal attribution.

Although Kelleys covariation theory has come under criticisms since it was first published in 1967, it seems to have stood the test of time and is one of the most popular theories of causal attribution today. Before evaluating the theory though, an outline explaining the background and the major principles of Kelleys theory will be given.

Kelley believed that to infer a cause, people reason as scientists do, as in generally, people are concerned with causes and causes of behaviour….(short extract)