Which of the following statements is true regarding achievement-related attributions?
A) Boys tend to receive messages from teachers and parents that their ability is at fault when they do not do well.
B) Positive trait statements encourage children to adopt an incremental view of ability.
C) Despite their higher achievement, girls more often than boys attribute poor performance to lack of ability.
D) Low-SES, ethnic-minority children often receive more favorable feedback from teachers when assigned to homogeneous groups of poorly achieving students.
C
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