An overview of Jones and Davis Correspondent Inference Theory: Article List

By: Charles Ray

Humans all have a tendency to look for reasons for events, behaviors, and the like; to attach meaning to behavior; their own as well as that of others. Psychology has...

An Overview of Correspondent Inference Theory

By: Srikanth Radhakrishna

The Correspondent Inference Theory was proposed by Edward E. Jones and Keith Davis in 1965. Popular as "Ned" Jones, Edward E. Jones was an influential social psychologist. Keith Davis was...

By: Michael Totten

The Correspondent Inference Theory is a psychological model which is used to explain how people infer the disposition of another person based on that person's actions, regardless of what the...