Our explanations of our own admirable actions are ________ likely to involve situational attributions than our own good reasons.Our explanations of our own actions performed long ago are ________ likely to involve dispositional attributions than our explanations of our own very recent actions.

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Our explanations of our own admirable actions are less likely to involve situational attributions because we tend to attribute our good actions to our own character or disposition rather than to external circumstances. Over time, we are more likely to attribute our past actions to stable dispositions rather than to the specific situations we were in, hence the shift towards more dispositional attributions for actions performed long ago.

Our Explanations of Our Own Admirable Actions Are ________ Likely