Question

antony said, \i did well because i was lucky.\ the type of attribution being demonstrated is
a. internal, stable, and uncontrollable.
b. internal, unstable, and controllable.
c. external, unstable, and controllable.
d. external, stable, and uncontrollable.

Explanation:

According to attribution theory, luck is an external factor (not within the person), it is unstable (can change from situation to situation), and it is uncontrollable (one cannot make luck happen at will).

Answer:

None of the options are correct. The correct categorization for luck is external, unstable, and uncontrollable. But if we assume there is a typo and we have to choose from the given options, there is no accurate match. However, if we consider the closest in terms of external - unstable - uncontrollable (even though the options don't have a perfect one), but based on the theory:

• Luck is external (not part of the self, so not internal as in options a and b).
• Luck is unstable (can vary, so not stable as in option d).
• Luck is uncontrollable (so option c which says controllable is wrong). So there is an error in the provided options. But if forced to choose based on external and unstable (ignoring the controllable part wrongly in options), there is no correct one. But if we assume a mis - labeling in the options and the intended was external, unstable, uncontrollable (which is a standard attribution for luck in attribution theory), none of the given options (a: internal; b: internal; c: controllable; d: stable) are correct.