People's Tendency to Attribute Their Successes to Personal Effort or a Special

question 103

Multiple Choice

People's tendency to attribute their successes to personal effort or a special personal trait, while blaming their failures on the faults of others or on something beyond their control is called

• A)confirmation bias.
• B)framing effect.
• C)hindsight bias.
• D)self-serving bias.

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Definitions:

New Colonies

Territories that have been recently established or acquired by a country, typically overseas, for the purpose of expansion, settlement, and exploitation.

Missouri Compromise

A significant legislative agreement passed in 1820 in the United States, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states.

Slavery Extension

The political and social debate over the expansion of slavery into new territories or states in a country.

Protective Tariff

A tariff imposed on imports to protect domestic industries from foreign competition by increasing the cost of imported goods, thereby making local goods more competitively priced.