Trista's teacher just returned student essays to the class. Trista's teacher has written several positive comments throughout her paper and given Trista an A+ on the assignment. Trista is likely to believe her grade reflects ________ because of ________
A) an error on the teacher's part; the fundamental attribution error
B) both her ability level and her teacher's ability; rational thinking
C) the true quality of her work; the self-serving bias
D) her true ability level; the correspondence bias
E) her teacher's skills as a teacher; the actor-observer effect
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?