Changing the Attributions of College Freshmen Regarding Their Academic Performance

Changing the attributions of college freshmen regarding their academic performance demonstrates that:

A) thought patterns are not as important as innate ability
B) attributions influence our behaviors
C) most college students are much more realistic about self-analysis of failure in their first year of college than they are in their fourth year
D) females attribute cause to failure in much more constructive ways than males do