_____ theory argues that we tend to minimize personal responsibility for what we do poorly.
A) Attribution
B) Implicit personality
C) Collectivist cultural
D) Symbolic interactionism

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Attribution theory suggests that people tend to make attributions or explanations for events, including their successes and failures. When it comes to failures or poor performance, individuals tend to attribute the cause to external factors rather than personal responsibility, as a way to protect their self-esteem. This is known as the fundamental attribution error, or the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for others' behavior and situational (external) explanations for our own behavior.

_____ Theory Argues That We Tend to Minimize Personal Responsibility