Adam was involved in a "fender bender" because he failed to stop at stop sign.Afterward,he thought to himself."Why didn't the other driver look to see that I was crossing the intersection?" Adam's thinking best illustrated the dangers of
A) low self-efficacy.
B) defensive self-esteem.
C) the spotlight effect.
D) the self-serving bias.

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Adam's thought process of blaming the other driver for not seeing him despite him not stopping at the stop sign illustrates the self-serving bias, where individuals tend to attribute their successes to internal factors and failures to external factors. In this case, Adam is attributing his mistake to external factors (the other driver not seeing him) instead of taking responsibility for his own actions.

Adam Was Involved in a "Fender Bender" Because He Failed