Caleb received a perfect score on his computer programming test, and assumed it was because he was smart. However, later in the week he got a "C" on his English test, and told his mother it was because the instructor made the test too hard. Caleb's behavior is an example of the _______.

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Caleb's behavior of attributing his success to internal factors (being smart) and his failure to external factors (the test being too hard) is an example of self-serving bias, which is the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors.

Caleb Received a Perfect Score on His Computer Programming Test