You see on the news that a local high school athlete just received a college scholarship to play basketball while none of his teammates received scholarships. If you believe he received a scholarship due to his outstanding natural ability, you would be making an ____ attribution.

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An internal-stable attribution implies that the cause of the athlete's success lies within themselves and is likely to be a consistent and enduring trait, such as natural ability or hard work. This is the best choice given that the question indicates that the athlete received the scholarship due to his outstanding natural ability.

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