Taking personal credit for successes and blaming external forces for our failures is called the
A) actor-observer difference.
B) self-serving bias.
C) correspondence bias.
D) fundamental attribution error.

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The self-serving bias refers to the tendency for individuals to take personal credit for successes and attribute failures to external factors, such as luck or the actions of others. This bias allows individuals to protect their self-esteem and maintain a positive self-image. The other options refer to different biases, such as the actor-observer difference (attributing behavior based on the situation or person), correspondence bias (attributing behavior to personality traits rather than situational factors), and fundamental attribution error (overestimating dispositional attributions and underestimating situational factors).

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