Mary sees Greta trip while walking down an outside flight of steps, and thinks to herself, "What a clumsy person!" Five minutes later, though, Mary trips on the same flight of steps, and says to an onlooker,
"It's very icy today!" This is an illustration of the ________.
A) actor-observer effect
B) self-serving bias effect
C) blame avoidance principle
D) categorization principle
E) projection principle
Answer: A
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