Cindy tells Lois that her recent criticism of a mutual friend was because the friend was an immoral person. Cindy's criticism was based on ______.

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Cindy's criticism is based on her judgment of the mutual friend's character, indicating that she is making a dispositional attribution. The self-serving bias refers to the tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to dispositional factors and their failures to situational factors. Situational attribution would mean that Cindy is attributing her friend's behavior to external circumstances, but she is stating that it is an inherent part of the friend's character. Psychogenic attribution refers to attributing behavior to psychological factors, which is not indicated in this scenario.

Cindy Tells Lois That Her Recent Criticism of a Mutual