Wilma Has Experienced Increasing Levels of Stress Due to Her

question 5

Multiple Choice

Wilma has experienced increasing levels of stress due to her deteriorating test scores in psychology. She complains to her friend Betty, "I can't seem to get the hang of this stuff. I'm just not smart enough. I may have to drop out of the university." Betty replies, "You're smart enough, Wilma, but you're just not spending enough time studying." Betty is trying to change Wilma's attributions of

• A) self-serving bias.
• B) internality.
• C) globality.
• D) externality.
• E) stability.

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