When a college student gets good marks on a test, the student says it is well-deserved, as they studied very hard for the test. However, when a friend scores high on a different test, the student says, the friend scored high because the test was very easy. What is the student using to describe the behaviour?
A)Situational attributions
B)Dispositional attributions
C)Consistent attributions
D)Self-serving bias

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The student is using self-serving bias, which is a common tendency to attribute one's own successes to personal characteristics (like hard work) and failures to external factors, while often attributing others' successes to external factors (like an easy test) and their failures to personal characteristics.

When a College Student Gets Good Marks on a Test