In one study, teachers whose students performed well attributed the outcome to their teaching ability and teachers whose students performed poorly attributed the outcome to student inability. This represents the:
A) self-serving bias
B) attribution style
C) situational attribution
D) locus of control

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The self-serving bias is a common tendency for individuals to attribute their successes to internal or personal factors but attribute their failures to external or situational factors. In this study, teachers attributing student performance (good or bad) to factors that serve their self-image (their teaching ability for success, student inability for failure) exemplifies this bias.

In One Study, Teachers Whose Students Performed Well Attributed the Outcome