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    The Tendency for People to Take Credit for Their Successes
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The Tendency for People to Take Credit for Their Successes

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The tendency for people to take credit for their successes but blame failures on other people or on outside circumstances is known as ____.


A) the fundamental attribution error
B) the actor-observer effect
C) self-handicapping
D) the self-serving bias

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