Self-Handicapping Is the __________

question 22

Multiple Choice

Self-handicapping is the __________.

• A) tendency to present a strength about oneself privately to provide an enduring disposition responsible for success at a task
• B) tendency to make attributions that make one appear worse than others in the group
• C) tendency to present publicly a purported weakness about oneself to provide an excuse in the event one fails at a task
• D) none of the above

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