The Tendency to Attribute Successful Behavior to Internal, Personal Characteristics

question 322

Multiple Choice

The tendency to attribute successful behavior to internal, personal characteristics is to _____ as the tendency to blame ourselves for our failures while downplaying our successes is to _____.

• A) self-serving bias; self-effacing bias
• B) fundamental attribution bias; just-world hypothesis
• C) self-effacing bias; self-serving bias
• D) hindsight bias; blaming the victim

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