Giancarlo and Reza are watching the trivia show "Jeopardy!" on TV. After a contestant answers a question incorrectly, Reza says, "That was so easy! I could've answered that!" But Giancarlo replies, "Actually, I've been on Jeopardy before and I lost. It's harder than it looks!" Based on attribution research, which of the following most likely explains their different responses?
A. The actor-observer bias
B. The just-world belief
C. The deceptively difficult phenomenon
D. The pressure-blindness bias
Answer: A
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