Tom and Amrita have been fighting a lot and are thinking of breaking up.After a particularly bad fight,Tom decides to pick up some flowers for Amrita on his way home.Amrita thinks that Tom is bringing her flowers because he is feeling guilty about the fight and not because he is sorry.What kind of attribution is she making?
A) an external,nonintentional attribution
B) an external,stable attribution
C) an internal,stable attribution
D) an internal,temporary attribution

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Amrita is making an internal, temporary attribution by assuming that Tom's behavior (bringing flowers) is caused by his current emotional state (feeling guilty about the fight) rather than a stable trait or external circumstances.

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