Which of the following is an example of an external attribution?
a) "I did a good job because I'm smart."
b) "I did a good job because the task was easy."
c) "I did a bad job because I'm inept."
d) "She did a good job because she's talented."
ANS: B, Recall that an external attribution places the cause of the behavior on events outside of the individual.
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