Everett has just taken the SAT test and he did very poorly on the English portion of the test.If Everett has a helpless attributional style, he would be most likely to make the following type of attribution for his poor performance:

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A helplessness attributional style leads to making internal, stable, and global attributions for negative events. Option D ("I'm stupid and I'll never make it in college") is an example of an internal and global attribution, which implies that Everett believes the cause of his poor performance is a personal, permanent, and uncontrollable aspect of himself, indicating a helplessness attribution style. The other options provide external reasons for his poor performance, which are not consistent with a helplessness attribution style.

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