Randa just failed her history exam because she neglected to study.Afterwards,she attributes her failure to the fact that her boyfriend kept her up too late the night before when he refused to turn down the stereo so that she could sleep.The next day she aces her biology test.Randa attributes her success on it to her own intelligence.Randa appears to be engaging in which attributional bias?

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Randa just failed her history exam because she neglected to study.Afterwards,she attributes her failure to the fact that her boyfriend kept her up too late the night before when he refused to turn down the stereo so that she could sleep.The next day she aces her biology test.Randa attributes her success on it to her own intelligence.Randa appears to be engaging in which attributional bias?​

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Randa is using self-serving bias, as she is attributing her success to internal factors (her intelligence) but attributing her failure to external factors (her boyfriend keeping her up). This bias allows us to protect our self-esteem by taking credit for success but blaming failures on external factors beyond our control.

Randa Just Failed Her History Exam Because She Neglected to Study.Afterwards,she