Which attribution describes the belief that the cause is a single instance and affects very few situations in our lives?

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

Answer: (C)

Understanding attributions involves how we explain why events happen. The belief described sees the cause as something that happened only once and doesn’t generalize to other situations, which is a specific attribution. It treats the reason as limited to this particular instance, not something that applies across many areas of life. For example, blaming a single poor exam on one sleepless night is a specific attribution. If you thought the same reason affected many aspects of life, that would be a global attribution. Controllability isn’t the focus here—it’s about scope. So the best fit is specific attribution.