What Is the Term for Attributing One's Successes to Dispositional

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the term for attributing one's successes to dispositional factors and one's failures to situational factors?

• A)self-serving bias
• B)actor-observer bias
• C)fundamental attribution error
• D)self-enhancing strategy

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A specialist in psychology, the discipline concerned with the study and understanding of mind and behavior.

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a comprehensive psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology.

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