When We Make Self-Serving Attributions, We Tend to Attribute Our

question 107

Multiple Choice

When we make self-serving attributions, we tend to attribute our successes to __________ factors and our failures to __________ factors.

• A) internal; external
• B) uncontrollable; controllable
• C) unstable; stable
• D) inconsistent; consistent

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