In installer These are the two line after addAttribute which ben explain to add default:
$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
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$attr = $setup->getAttribute('catalog_product', 'attribute_code');
$setup->updateAttribute('catalog_product',$attr['attribute_id'],'default_value', 'default_value1,default_value2,default_value3,default_value4');
attribute_code: will be your attribute code default_value1: will be your corresponding value separate by ,