Dr McIntyre's Introductory Psychology Class Just Did Poorly on Their

question 161

Multiple Choice

Dr McIntyre's introductory psychology class just did poorly on their first test of the semester. Dr. McIntyre tells them that they need to study harder, and the students start complaining that the test was too hard. Dr. McIntyre is making an ________attribution for the failure, and her students are making an ________ attribution for the failure.

• A) internal; internal
• B) external; external
• C) internal; external
• D) external; internal

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