Yu Fin attributes her poor grade on her term paper to a lack of intelligence,and so sees herself as a failure.These attributions are stable,global,and internal.It is likely that Yu Fin

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Yu Fin's attributions of her poor grade as being due to a lack of intelligence and seeing herself as a failure are indications of a pessimistic explanatory style. A pessimistic explanatory style includes stable (believing the cause of an event is a permanent characteristic), global (believing the cause affects everything in life), and internal (believing the cause comes from within oneself) attributions. This can lead to feelings of helplessness and lack of motivation. Learned helplessness is a related concept but it specifically refers to a situation where an individual has experienced uncontrollable events and subsequently gives up trying to control future events. Linkage analysis is a genetic research technique and is unrelated to this scenario.

Yu Fin Attributes Her Poor Grade on Her Term Paper