Since self-handicapping allows people to easily engage in ____, it helps them to maintain and enhance positive self-concepts.
A)the self-serving bias
B)automatic egotism
C)the self-reference effect
D)introspection

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Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem. It is closely related to the self-serving bias, where individuals attribute positive outcomes to their own character but attribute negative outcomes to external factors, helping them maintain a positive self-concept.

Since Self-Handicapping Allows People to Easily Engage in ____, It