You are consistently late to your psychology class, because the biology class you have immediately before it is in a building on the other side of campus. You are concerned that your professor does not think you are a serious student because of your chronic tardiness, so you inform her of why you are always late. You can now safely conclude that your professor will make what type of attribution about your behavior?

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By explaining that the reason for the tardiness is due to the location of the previous class being on the other side of campus, the professor is likely to make a situational attribution about the behavior (being late). The reason for the behavior is external and situational, rather than internal or dispositional. A motivational attribution would be if the professor attributed the tardiness to a lack of motivation or effort on the part of the student.

You Are Consistently Late to Your Psychology Class, Because the Biology