The Tendency to Attribute Successful Outcomes of One's Own Behavior

question 46

Multiple Choice

The tendency to attribute successful outcomes of one's own behavior to internal causes and unsuccessful outcomes to external, situational causes is called:

• A)the self-serving bias.
• B)the fundamental attribution error.
• C)hindsight bias.
• D)the self-effacing bias.

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