Kayla,an honors student,received a C+ on her report on Pearl Harbor.She says that the teacher doesn't like her because she is an atheist and her teacher is a very religious woman.She believes that she received a low grade because of this dislike.Kayla is making ________ about the cause of her low paper grade.

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Kayla is making an external attribution by attributing her low grade to factors outside of her own control, specifically to her teacher's personal feelings towards her based on religious differences.

Kayla,an Honors Student,received a C+ on Her Report on Pearl