Claudio Is Not Especially Surprised When He Gets a Low

Multiple Choice

Claudio is not especially surprised when he gets a low grade on a research paper since he and his partner are going through a particular difficult period in their relationship and he did not work on it as diligently as he would have otherwise. Claudio is attributing his grade to ____ factors.

A) internal, stable
B) external, stable
C) internal, unstable
D) external, unstable