Suzie's cousin failed her calculus course. You thought to yourself, "That class must be really hard. Plus, Suzie's boyfriend dumped her this semester and her grandmother has been really sick. She's had a lot on her plate." This is an example of

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This is an example of attributing Suzie's failure to external causes, as you are considering the difficult circumstances in her personal life (breakup, sick relative) and the perceived difficulty of the class, rather than attributing the failure to something inherent or personal about Suzie.

Suzie's Cousin Failed Her Calculus Course