After a particularly challenging examination, a student is overheard in the hallway exclaiming, "That instructor just grades too hard! She only gave me a B on the test!" This student is exhibiting traits of a(n)

a. external locus of control.
b. internal locus of control.
c. perfectionist.
d. realist.


ANS: A

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