Attributional retraining is most effective when
A) parents engage in authoritarian child rearing.
B) begun early, before children's views of themselves become hard to change.
C) children are presented with simple tasks that require little effort.
D) low-effort students are encouraged to focus more on grades and less on mastering a task for its own sake.

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Attributional retraining involves changing how individuals interpret and explain the causes of their successes and failures. It is most effective when started early, before negative self-attributions become entrenched and difficult to change. Therefore, option B is the best choice.

Attributional Retraining Is Most Effective When