Jane Is Difficult to Work With

question 31

Multiple Choice

Jane is difficult to work with.Whenever she is successful,she takes full credit for what has happened,but whenever she is unsuccessful,she attributes her failure to bad luck or to one of her fellow employees.She is guilty of:

• A)consensus.
• B)fundamental attribution error.
• C)self-serving bias.
• D)distinctiveness.

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