Martha wins three games of backgammon in a row, even though she has never played before. If Martha assumes she has "beginner's luck," she is making an ____ attribution about her success; if she decides backgammon is an easy game, she is making an ____ attribution about her success

a. internal-stable; internal-unstable
b. internal-unstable; external-unstable
c. external-unstable; internal-stable
d. external-unstable; external-stable


D

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