According to the textbook, an experimental paradigm that reliably demonstrates the self-serving attributional bias involves having all participants
A) succeed at a single task and then measuring their attributions.
B) fail at a single task and then measuring their attributions.
C) fail at a task, manipulating whether they succeed or fail when given another opportunity to perform the task, and then measuring their attributions.
D) succeed at a first task, fail when given another opportunity to perform the task, and then measuring their attributions.

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The experimental paradigm that reliably demonstrates the self-serving attributional bias involves having participants fail at a task, manipulating whether they succeed or fail when given another opportunity to perform the task, and then measuring their attributions. This allows researchers to observe if participants attribute their success to internal factors (such as their ability or effort) but attribute their failure to external factors (such as the difficulty of the task or bad luck).

According to the Textbook, an Experimental Paradigm That Reliably Demonstrates