People tend to interpret their own failures as being caused by:
A) personality.
B) relatively unstable factors.
C) poor ability.
D) none of the above

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People often attribute their failures to relatively unstable factors, such as luck or effort, rather than stable aspects like personality or ability. This is part of a broader tendency known as the self-serving bias, where individuals attribute positive outcomes to internal factors and negative outcomes to external factors.

People Tend to Interpret Their Own Failures as Being Caused