Kieran, a Production Worker in a Doll Manufacturing Plant, Recently

Kieran, a production worker in a doll manufacturing plant, recently changed positions on the manufacturing line from painting the eyes to attaching arms to each doll. In the past, his work was always impeccable with a very low rate of mistakes, but since the switch, the quality team has found numerous dolls with arms that were haphazardly attached. A majority of the flawed-arm dolls are from Kieran's assembly line.
-When his supervisor approached him about his quality issues, Kieran replied that lately he has been having a string of bad luck. In the past, when praised for his excellent quality doll eyes, Kieran always took the credit and boasted about his abilities. Kieran is exhibiting

A) the fundamental attribution error.
B) a correspondence bias.
C) a self-serving bias.
D) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
E) the halo effect.