We have a tendency to take credit for our successes and a tendency to distance ourselves from our failures. This is called the self-serving bias.

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The statement accurately describes the self-serving bias, which is a psychological tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors (e.g. our abilities, effort) and to attribute our failures to external factors (e.g. bad luck, other people's actions).

We Have a Tendency to Take Credit for Our Successes