Frank regretfully missed an important deadline at work. His boss, George, thinks to himself, "Frank missed that deadline because he is lazy; I really need to crack down on him more." This is an example of what kind of attribution?
A) External attribution
B) Internal attribution
C) Horizontal attribution
D) Vertical attribution
E) Skewed attribution

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This is an example of internal attribution because George is attributing Frank's behavior to internal, stable qualities such as laziness, rather than external factors such as a heavy workload or a difficult task.

Frank Regretfully Missed an Important Deadline at Work