Investigated H. Kelley's (see record 1968-13540-001) attribution theory. 87 male undergraduates filled out a questionnaire that reported 16 different responses ostensibly made by other people. These responses represented 4 verb categories emotions, accomplishments, opinions, and actions and, for the 64 experimental Ss, each was accompanied by high or low consensus, distinctiveness, and consistency information. Control Ss were not given any information regarding the response. All Ss were asked to attribute each response to characteristics of the person (i.e., the actor), the stimulus, the circumstances, or to some combination of these 3 factors. In addition Ss' expectancies for future response and stimulus generalization on the part of the actor were measured. The 3 information variables and verb category each had a significant effect on causal attribution and on expectancy for behavioral generalization. (16 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)