Marcus helps Juanita pick up some books she dropped. You think that Marcus must have done this because Juanita just helped Marcus. According to attribution theory, your attribution is an ________ one.
A) external, stable
B) external, unstable
C) internal, stable
D) internal, unstable

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According to attribution theory, an external attribution assigns the cause of behavior to situational factors. Since you think Marcus helped because Juanita just helped him, it is an external, unstable attribution, as it is based on a specific situation rather than a consistent trait.

Marcus Helps Juanita Pick Up Some Books She Dropped