When an Individual Blames His/her Personal Failures or Problems on External

question 173

Multiple Choice

When an individual blames his/her personal failures or problems on external causes and attributes his/her successes to internal causes, the individual is ___.

• A) using the halo effect
• B) perceiving things accurately
• C) relying on the self-serving bias
• D) engaging in selective perception
• E) doing a proper performance analysis

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