Question

Because she beat her goal this year by nearly 30 percent, Helena has been telling everyone in the sales department of her incredible skill as a salesperson. But last year when she didn't even reach her goal, she said her failure was due to the poor economy. Helena provides an example of____________.A. fundamental attribution bias.B. the halo effect.C. a self-fulfilling prophecy.D. self-serving bias.E. selective perception error

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is D

Explanation:

Self- serving bias is the term which is defined or described as the tendency of people who attribute the positive events to their own character and attribute the negative events to the external factors.

This bias is the common kind of cognitive bias which is extensively studied in the social psychology.

So, in this case, Helena provide the example of the self- serving bias as when she did not reach the goal, then she stated that her failure is due to poor economy which means she attribute the negative event to external factors.