The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to internal factors while putting the blame for failures on external factors is called
a. the halo effect.
b. projection.
c. stereotyping.
d. self-serving bias.
e. contrast effects.
Ans: d. self-serving bias.
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A. centration. B. rational thought. C. that a child is at the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. D. that a child is unable to think fluidly.
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