Randy's Substandard Academic Performance Is Both a Result and a Cause

question 27

Multiple Choice

Randy's substandard academic performance is both a result and a cause of his feelings of academic inferiority. This best illustrates the importance of

• A)self-serving bias.
• B)the Barnum effect.
• C)reciprocal determinism.
• D)the false consensus effect.

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Definitions:

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