Studies have found that those college students who have a high need for achievement (nAch) tend to attribute their failure to

a. bad luck.
b. the difficulty of the task.
c. their lack of innate ability.
d. insufficient effort.


ANSWER: d

Psychology

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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