Which of the Following Was Presented in the Text as a Possible

question 99

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was presented in the text as a possible reason why athletes attribute wins to their own behaviour and losses to external factors?

• A) Self-serving attributions are partly due to the values that we are taught in Western culture.
• B) Engaging in self-serving attributions is motivated by a need to protect one's self-esteem.
• C) The operation of judgmental heuristics leads to a tendency to engage in self-serving attributions.
• D) The behaviours in a winning effort are more perceptually salient than those in a losing effort.
• E) Athletes are particularly likely to commit the fundamental attribution error.

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