The Tendency to Explain Our Successes According to Our Personal

question 41

Multiple Choice

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

• A) actor-observer effect
• B) self-serving bias
• C) fundamental attribution error
• D) primacy effect

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Definitions:

G3P

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, a key intermediary molecule in both the glycolysis and Calvin cycles, involved in the metabolic process of producing energy.

Fatty Acids

Long chains of hydrocarbon ending with a carboxyl group, essential in diet and biological functions.

Calvin Cycle

A series of biochemical reactions taking place in the chloroplasts of plants during photosynthesis where carbon dioxide is converted into glucose.

RuBP Carboxylase

An enzyme that starts the Calvin cycle reactions by catalyzing attachment of the carbon atom from CO2 to RuBP.