Frank missed an important deadline at work.His boss, George, thinks to himself, "Frank missed that deadline because he is lazy; I really need to crack down on him more." George has made which of the following kinds of attributions about Frank's behavior?
A)External
B)Internal
C)Horizontal
D)Vertical
E)Skewed

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George has made an internal attribution about Frank's behavior by assuming that Frank's missed deadline is due to a personal attribute such as laziness, rather than considering external factors that may have contributed to the missed deadline (e.g. workload, technical difficulties).

Frank Missed an Important Deadline at Work