Marcus Was Having Difficulty in Completing Writing Assignments in Several

Multiple Choice

Marcus was having difficulty in completing writing assignments in several of his courses. Before long, he began to have increased anxiety when writing assignments were due and would wait until the last minute to start them. Upon finding out that the final in his sociology class was an in-class essay, he stopped coming to class. He felt like there was no hope for him-he was never going to be a strong writer. He eventually dropped the course, because he knew he would fail it anyway. Marcus's attribution for his continued failure in writing is:

A) Internal and uncontrollable
B) Internal and controllable
C) External and uncontrollable
D) External and controllable