What Is Positivity Offset

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is positivity offset?

• A) having misperceptions of one's environment
• B) experiencing self-elation
• C) experiencing the fundamental attribution error
• D) exhibiting a self-serving bias when there is negative input
• E) experiencing a mildly positive mood at zero input

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