If students do well on a test, they say, "I got an A!" If they do poorly, they say, "The professor gave me an F." This BEST illustrates the:

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The self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute positive outcomes to one's own abilities and efforts, while attributing negative outcomes to external factors. In this scenario, the students are taking credit for their success by saying "I got an A", but are blaming the professor for their failure by saying "The professor gave me an F".

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