Sylvia has been seeing her therapist for over a year.While she still feels depressed and still feels unable to effectively establish new relationships,she justifies her continuation of therapy by persuading herself that she has gained insight into herself and was able to successfully open up to someone.Sylvia perceives her therapy as being effective due to _____________________.

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Sylvia's justification for continuing therapy suggests that she is using the self-serving bias, which is the tendency to attribute personal successes to internal factors and failures to external factors. She sees the therapy as successful because she has gained insight and is able to open up to someone, even though she still feels depressed and has difficulty establishing new relationships.

Sylvia Has Been Seeing Her Therapist for Over a Year