Terranceis watching the Olympics at his home in Montreal, Quebec. Whenever his country wins an event, Terrance boasts about the skills and talents of the Canadian athletes. Whenever another country wins an event, he claims that the athletes of that country "got lucky." Terrance is demonstrating
A. the actor-observer effect.
B. how people tend to attribute the behaviors of ingroups and outgroups differently.
C. an illusory correlation between the teams' skills and their nationality.
D. how reference groups can be compared based on schemas.
Answer: B
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