Raquel buys stock in two different companies. She makes $2000 from one of these investments, but loses $3000 on the other one. If you ask Raquel about her stocks, she makes self-serving attributions, saying, "I was very clever to invest in that first company, but I just had bad luck losing so much money with the other one." In other words, ____.
A) she makes internal attributions in both cases
B) she makes external attributions in both cases
C) she makes an internal attribution for the $2000 earnings, but an external attribution for the $3000 loss
D) she makes an internal attribution for the $3000 loss, but an external attribution for the $2000 earnings
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