Which attribution describes the belief that the person could not have done anything?

• A. Controllable Attributions
• B. Uncontrollable Attributions
• C. Specific Attributions
• D. Global Attributions

Answer: (B)

Attributions describe how people explain why something happened. When someone believes the person could not have done anything to change the outcome, they’re viewing the cause as outside that person’s control. That is the essence of uncontrollable attributions: the situation is seen as not something the person could influence. Controllable attributions would involve factors they can influence, like effort or skill. The other dimensions—specific vs global—deal with whether the cause is limited to this situation or applies more broadly, but they don’t address whether the outcome was within or beyond their control. So the belief that nothing could have been done points to an uncontrollable attribution.