The ________ Occurs When We Attribute Personal Successes to Internal

question 9

Multiple Choice

The ________ occurs when we attribute personal successes to internal causes and personal failures to external causes.

• A)anchoring and adjustment bias
• B)fundamental attribution error
• C)self-serving bias
• D)escalation of commitment error
• E)availability bias

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Definitions:

Therapeutic Milieu

An environment structured to effect positive change in patients through social interactions with staff and other patients within a clinical setting.

Freudian Theory

A set of psychoanalytic theories developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts as drivers of human behavior.

Psychosexual Stage

A concept in Freudian psychology that describes the series of developmental phases children go through, during which the libido is focused on different areas of the body.

Milieu Therapy

A therapeutic approach that utilizes the environment, including people, setting, and activities, to influence a patient's behavior positively.