The Tendency to Explain Our Successes According to Our Personal

question 60

Multiple Choice

The tendency to explain our successes according to our personal abilities and attribute our failures to forces beyond our control is called ________.

• A) the primacy effect
• B) the fundamental attribution error
• C) a self-delusional thought
• D) a defensive attribution

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