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The researchers interviewed one of the participants in the study, who, at 50 years of age, recently experienced her first year of poverty. When asked to explain her financial history, she credits her hard work and determination for her success despite being from a low-income neighborhood, and attributes her recent financial struggles to her employer’s refusal to give her a raise. Her story is an example of: A.self-serving bias.B.fundamental attribution error.C.prejudice.D.ethnocentrism.

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The researchers interviewed one of the participants in the study, who, at 50 years of age, recently experienced her first year of poverty. When asked to explain her financial history, she credits her hard work and determination for her success despite being from a low-income neighborhood, and attributes her recent financial struggles to her employer’s refusal to give her a raise. Her story is an example of: A.self-serving bias.B.fundamental attribution error.C.prejudice.D.ethnocentrism.

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The woman's story is an example of A. self-serving bias. This is because she attributes her success to her own hard work and determination (internal factors), but blames her financial struggles on external factors (her employer's refusal to give her a raise). This is a common cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

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