Ms. Simons believes that Jeremy has the ability to do better on math tests than he is currently doing. Given the textbook's discussion of attributions, how is Ms. Simons most likely to act toward Jeremy?
A) She'll be annoyed when he doesn't do well.
B) She'll express sympathy and pity when he doesn't do well.
C) She'll model a self-protective bias for Jeremy.
D) She'll completely ignore Jeremy, in an attempt to extinguish his nonproductive behavior.

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Ms. Simons is likely to be annoyed when Jeremy doesn't do well because she believes he has the ability to perform better, indicating she attributes his poor performance to lack of effort rather than lack of ability.

Ms Simons Believes That Jeremy Has the Ability to Do