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

Joe, 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 Joe's assembly line.When his supervisor approached him about his quality issues, Joe replied that lately he has been having a string of bad luck.In the past, when praised for his excellent quality doll eyes, Joe always took the credit and boasted about his abilities.This is known as:

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