When people explain their own behavior by providing internal attributions for actions that produce positive outcomes and external attributions for actions that produce negative outcomes:

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This is known as the self-serving bias, where individuals attribute their positive actions to their own internal qualities (such as skill or effort) but attribute negative actions to external factors (such as bad luck or other people's actions).

When People Explain Their Own Behavior by Providing Internal Attributions