Which of the following is not a research result presented in The Social Animal as support for the idea that people are prone to make self-serving explanations of their own behavior?
A) Students attribute success on their exams to personal effort or ability but attribute poor exam scores to an unfair test or bad luck.
B) Gamblers attribute success to skill, and loss to a fluke.
C) Married people overestimate the amount of housework they contribute so that if each person's contributions were added up, they would add up to more than 100%.
D) People working in two-person teams on a skill task accept responsibility for success but also accept personal responsibility for the failure of the team.
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