When You Attempt to Maintain a Positive Self-Image by Taking

question 102

Multiple Choice

When you attempt to maintain a positive self-image by taking credit for your successes and emphasizing external causes for your failures, you are engaged in _____.

• A) a self-delusion
• B) the self-serving bias
• C) rationalization
• D) reaction formation

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