When individuals tend to attribute their own successes to internal factors such as ability or effort while putting the blame for failure on external factors such as luck, they are expressing the fundamental attribution error.

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The scenario described is an example of the self-serving bias, not the fundamental attribution error. The self-serving bias is when individuals attribute their successes to internal factors and their failures to external factors. The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to attribute other people's behaviors to their character or personality, while underestimating situational factors.

When Individuals Tend to Attribute Their Own Successes to Internal