After failing a test,Troy explained his poor performance by saying,"I planned to study really hard for this exam,but I was feeling sick,so I did poorly." During a previous exam,when Troy did well,he said that he studied for many hours and that all his hard work had paid off.Troy is showing evidence of:

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Troy's explanation for his poor performance shows a self-serving bias, as he is attributing his failure to external factors (feeling sick) rather than taking responsibility for his own actions (not studying enough). Additionally, he took credit for his previous success by attributing it to his own hard work, further supporting the idea of a self-serving bias.

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