Ming is from China; Tyrone is from Canada. Both participate in an experiment in which they take a test, are given feedback and told that they did very well, and then are asked to make attributions for their performance. Based on cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias, you would expect that __________.

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Cross-cultural research on the self-serving bias suggests that individuals from Western cultures (like Canada) are more likely to attribute their successes to internal factors such as their own abilities, while individuals from East Asian cultures (like China) are more likely to attribute success to external factors or more modestly assess their own contributions.

Ming Is from China; Tyrone Is from Canada