Regina believes she did well in her psychology class because she is smart but blames her poor performance in chemistry on her "incompetent instructor." Regina's reasoning demonstrates the

A. self-serving bias.
B. consensus bias.
C. actor-observer effect.
D. ultimate attribution error.


Answer: A

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