Betsy, a teenager, uses most of her post school hours in either playing tennis or watching movies. She barely manages to concentrate in her lessons for a couple of hours before term exams. Being questioned about her substandard performance in the school, she points out the teacher's inability to complete the entire course during the school hours as the possible reason. Betsy's behavior is most likely to be associated with ________.
A) generalization
B) hedonic bias
C) discrimination
D) selective attention
E) psychological repositioning

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Betsy's behavior is an example of hedonic bias, where she attributes her poor performance to external factors (the teacher's inability) rather than her own actions (spending time on tennis and movies).

Betsy, a Teenager, Uses Most of Her Post School Hours