Nonhlanhla Buys Stock in Two Different Companies

question 44

Multiple Choice

Nonhlanhla buys stock in two different companies.She makes R2 000 from one of these investments, but loses R3 000 on the other one.If you ask Nonhlanhla about her stocks, she makes self-serving attributions, saying, 'I was very clever to invest in that first company, but I just had bad luck losing so much money with the other one.' In other words, ____.

• A)she makes internal attributions in both cases
• B)she makes external attributions in both cases
• C)she makes an internal attribution for the R2 000 earnings, but an external attribution for the R3 000 loss
• D)she makes an internal attribution for the R3 000 loss, but an external attribution for the R2 000 earnings

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