In assessing the causes of other people's behavior, we tend to __________ their internal personal factors and to __________ the external factors. However, in assessing the causes of our own behavior, we tend to attribute our own success to __________ and our failure to __________.
A) overemphasize; underemphasize; external factors; our own internal factors
B) underemphasize; overemphasize; external factors; our own internal factors
C) overemphasize; overemphasize; external factors; our own internal factors
D) underemphasize; overemphasize; our own internal factors; external factors
E) overemphasize; underemphasize; our own internal factors; external factors

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This describes the fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias. We overemphasize others' internal factors and underemphasize external factors. For ourselves, we credit internal factors for success and external factors for failure.

In Assessing the Causes of Other People's Behavior, We Tend