Tom Thinks He Has Just Failed an Exam

question 60

Multiple Choice

Tom thinks he has just failed an exam. However, he reasons that the class results will be scaled up as the lecturer asked very difficult questions. What kind of attribution has Tom just made?

• A) An external-stable one
• B) An internal-stable one
• C) An external-unstable one
• D) An internal-unstable one

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Definitions:

Exclusion Prediction

The process or practice of forecasting the likelihood of individuals or entities being excluded or marginalized within social or economic systems.

Hidden Curriculum

The unwritten, informal, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that an individual or group holds, consciously or subconsciously, that manifests because it is believed.

Class Consciousness

Awareness of one's social class and its implications, often associated with a sense of collective interests and the struggle between different classes, particularly in Marxist theory.