Accepting Credit for Success, but Blaming Failure on External Factors

question 32

Multiple Choice

Accepting credit for success, but blaming failure on external factors is called:

• A) Self-serving attribution
• B) Learned helplessness
• C) Hot hand effect
• D) Locus of causality

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Definitions:

Proper Speech

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Hidden Curriculum

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Guidelines or directives that are clearly communicated or written down, leaving little to no room for interpretation.

Metacognition

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