People engage in self-handicapping strategies in order to avoid __________.
A) failure
B) an internal attribution for failure
C) an external attribution for failure
D) a misattribution of failure

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Self-handicapping strategies are used to avoid an internal attribution for failure, meaning individuals use these strategies to avoid blaming themselves for failing, instead providing external or situational reasons for their lack of success.

People Engage in Self-Handicapping Strategies in Order to Avoid __________