Here is the answer of the given question above. The <span>excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death" that best shows Prince Prospero’s self-centeredness is this:
</span><span>But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys.</span>
Columbus and the writers of the Mayflower Compact
Answer:
self-serving bias
Explanation:
Self-serving bias refers to the propensity to associate adverse circumstances with external causes, whereas favorable events are the cause of personal credit. In other words, people attribute success to personal qualities, while they blame outside sources for their failures. As a result, in "The Breakfast Club," Vernon cannot accept his wrongdoing as a principal and holds the children responsible for being arrogant and misbehaving.