The Tendency to Sabotage One's Performance to Provide an Excuse

question 113

Multiple Choice

The tendency to sabotage one's performance to provide an excuse for possible failure is called

• A) self-centered bias.
• B) self-serving bias.
• C) self-handicapping.
• D) basking in reflected failure.

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

A mathematical description of the likelihood of occurrence of different possible outcomes in an experiment.

Random Variable

A variable whose outcomes are determined by a random phenomenon or process.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical function that provides the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes for an event.

E(XY)

The expected value of the product of two random variables, X and Y, representing a measure of their joint variability.