Our explanations of our own admirable actions are ________ likely to involve situational attributions than our explanations of our own shameful actions.Our explanations of our own actions performed long ago are ________ likely to involve dispositional attributions than our explanations of our own very recent actions.

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This is because we tend to want to take credit for our admirable actions, so we attribute them to our own personal traits (dispositional attributions), whereas we want to distance ourselves from shameful actions, so we attribute them to external circumstances (situational attributions). Additionally, recency bias can influence our attributions, so we may be more likely to explain recent actions based on situational factors and older actions based on dispositional factors.

Our Explanations of Our Own Admirable Actions Are ________ Likely