Malik Failed His Biology Final, but Attributes His Failure to a Bad

question 70

Multiple Choice

Malik failed his biology final, but attributes his failure to a bad test; his friend Roger, who's in a different biology final, also failed his biology final. Malik automatically assumes that Roger failed his biology class because he is stupid. Malik's beliefs are most consistent with the________.

• A) self-serving bias
• B) fundamental attribution error
• C) belief in a just world
• D) general attributional bias effect

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