Randy's Substandard Academic Performance Is Both a Result and a Cause

question 100

Multiple Choice

Randy's substandard academic performance is both a result and a cause of his feelings of academic inferiority.This best illustrates the importance of

• A) self-serving bias.
• B) the spotlight effect.
• C) reciprocal determinism.
• D) free association.

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F Statistic

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