Question

The following provides the justifications that four students had for their failures... Adrian: I want to be a musician. So, I don't really care about my grades. Betty: I am not skilled enough to solve complex math problems. Stephen: I had written all the answers correctly. I have no idea why I failed. Margaret: The questions were really difficult. I don't think many passed the exam. Who attributes his/her failure to a stable external factor?

Answer 1

Answer: D. Margaret

Step-by-step explanation:

STABLE EXTERNAL FACTOR

A stable external factor is one where the outcome is attributed to situational forces that are stable and unchanging. In other words they apply evenly across the board.

Margaret stated that the exam was hard and went further to state that few people passed.

She is therefore blaming an external factor (exam difficulty) that applied to everyone (stable).