Frank Regretfully Missed an Important Deadline at Work

question 20

Multiple Choice

Frank regretfully missed an important deadline at work. His boss, George, thinks to himself, "Frank missed that deadline because he is lazy; I really need to crack down on him more." This is an example of what kind of attribution?

• A) External attribution
• B) Internal attribution
• C) Horizontal attribution
• D) Vertical attribution
• E) Skewed attribution

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