In Which of the Following Instances Might You Have Committed

question 19

Multiple Choice

In which of the following instances might you have committed the self-serving bias?

• A) You are quick to attribute your friend's behaviors to internal, stable causes.
• B) You say that your co-worker's successes are due only to blind luck.
• C) You say that most everything your roommate does is the result of his being an only child.
• D) You attribute all your failures to external, unstable causes.

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