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Identify three ways in which personality psychologists use assessment.
Self-Serving Bias
The common human tendency to attribute success to personal characteristics and failures to external factors, thereby protecting self-esteem.
Defensive Attribution
A cognitive bias where individuals attribute causes of accidents or misfortunes to external factors when involving others but to internal factors when it involves themselves, often to shield their ego.
Fundamental Attribution Bias
The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of external factors.
Self-Effacing Bias
A tendency to downplay one's own successes or positive traits, often attributing them to external factors.
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