Jim Has Just Arrived Late for Work

question 60

Multiple Choice

Jim has just arrived late for work.This is the third time over the past five days that he has arrived more than 30 minutes late.However,you conclude that Jim's lateness is due to factors beyond his control because most other employees who also take Jim's route to work have also been late to work on these days.According to attribution theory,what attribution have you made of Jim's lateness and based on what attribution rule?

• A)Internal attribution due to high conscientiousness.
• B)External attribution due to high consistency.
• C)Internal attribution due to high distinctiveness.
• D)External attribution due to high conscientiousness.
• E)External attribution due to high consensus.

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Definitions:

Declaration of Independence

The document adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, declaring the Thirteen American Colonies independent from British rule.

Second Continental Congress

The convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775, soon after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, which eventually declared independence.

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States (1801–1809), primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a founding father known for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.

Nathanael Greene

A major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, who was known for his successful command in the Southern Campaign, forcing British Lieutenant General Cornwallis to abandon the Carolinas and head for Virginia.