The Tendency to Attribute Successful Behavior to Internal, Personal Characteristics

question 109

Multiple Choice

The tendency to attribute successful behavior to internal, personal characteristics is to _____ as the tendency to blame ourselves for our failures while downplaying our successes is to _____.

• A)self-serving bias; self-effacing bias
• B)fundamental attribution bias; just-world hypothesis
• C)self-effacing bias; self-serving bias
• D)hindsight bias; blaming the victim

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Definitions:

Emerging Problems

New or upcoming challenges that are not yet fully understood or recognized.

Subjective Expected Utility

A decision-making process that evaluates the desirability of different outcomes based on the individual's subjective assessment of their likelihood and value.

Selected Alternative

The option that has been chosen after evaluating different possibilities in the decision-making process.

Problems Defined

The process of identifying and outlining the specifics and boundaries of issues or challenges to be addressed.