Right Up Until the Time She Walked into the Voting

question 365

True/False

Right up until the time she walked into the voting booth, Brianna had mixed feelings about both candidates. But after she voted, she expressed much more positive sentiments about the candidate she voted for and seemed sharper in her negative comments about the candidate she rejected. This is an example of the self-serving bias.

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