INSTRUCTIONS for questions 99-103: Match each of the descriptions below with the term it best describes.
-You claim your roommates are lazy when they don't clean up, but when you fail to clean, it's because of your many commitments.
A)self-serving bias
B)stereotyping
C)sympathy
D)narrative
E)selection

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This scenario reflects the self-serving bias, which is the tendency to attribute our successes to our own abilities and efforts while attributing our failures to external factors beyond our control. In this case, the individual is blaming their roommates for being lazy when they don't clean up, but when they fail to clean, they attribute it to their many commitments.

INSTRUCTIONS for Questions 99-103: Match Each of the Descriptions Below