Chapter 1 of the textbook introduced the idea that people often behave and think in ways to protect their self-esteem.Which of the following will help do that?

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Self-serving attributions are a way people protect their self-esteem by attributing their successes to internal factors (their own abilities) and their failures to external factors (bad luck or difficult circumstances). This allows individuals to maintain a positive self-image while avoiding negative feelings of failure or inadequacy. The other options, representativeness heuristic, covariation model, and implicit personality theory, do not directly relate to protecting self-esteem.

Chapter 1 of the Textbook Introduced the Idea That People