If Dirk Fails His Calculus Exam, He Is Likely to Attribute

question 5

Multiple Choice

If Dirk fails his calculus exam, he is likely to attribute his failure to

• A)not having gone to class or studied enough.
• B)his decision to go out the night before the exam.
• C)his lack of basic ability in mathematics.
• D)the exam having been too difficult to be fair.

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