Last Week Tara's Notebook Was Stolen at the High School

Last week Tara's notebook was stolen at the high school. Tara's parents claim that it was her fault that the notebook was stolen because she should have known better than to leave her locker unlocked. Her parents told her, "That's what you get when you're not careful." These comments reflect an idea called the

A) actor-observer effect.
B) self-serving bias.
C) theory of cognitive dissonance.
D) belief in a just world.
E) the distinctiveness principle.