Vendela believes she did poorly on her driver's exam because she was too busy with other responsibilities to practice enough. However, she believes the other low scorers did poorly because they are bad drivers. Vendela's reasoning demonstrates the
A. actor-observer effect.
B. ultimate attribution error.
C. self-serving bias.
D. consensus bias.
Answer: A
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