Billy is helped on a subtraction problem by the teacher, who says "I feel sorry for you because you are not getting these problems right." In contrast, the teacher does not offer any help or sympathetic statements to his friend Rob. According to attribution theory, who will work harder in studying for the next test?
a. Billy
b. Rob
c. both will study the same amount
d. it depends on how interested they are in math
B
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