<Li> The expectedness of the behavior </Li> <Li> The intentions or motives behind the effects or consequences of the behavior </Li> <P> According to American social psychologist Harold Kelley, individuals make attributions by utilizing the covariation principle . The covariation principle claims that people attribute behavior to the factors that are present when a certain behavior occurs and the factors that are absent when it does not occur . There are three types of covariation information that are particularly helpful: consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency . </P> <P> If a single individual and a large majority of individuals behave similarly in reaction to a specific stimulus, then the individual's behavior is attributed to the stimulus and is high in consensus . The individual's behavior due to this specific stimulus should be compared to the individual's behavior in reaction other stimuli within the same broader category . This helps judge whether the level of distinctiveness information is high, and thus attributed to the stimulus . Lastly, consistency information is used to see what happens to the behavior at another time when the individual and the stimulus both remain unchanged . </P>

Perception checking focuses on what part of the perception process