A motivational model for the self-serving bias suggests that we ...

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A motivational model for the self-serving bias suggests that we attribute success to internal factors because we ________.
 
  A) tend to repress thoughts of failure
  B) are boosting our self-esteem
  C) generally expect to fail and attribute expected outcomes to internal factors
  D) are less aware of external influences on our own actions
  E) are limiting our self-esteem

Question 2

Christine has been charged with murder because, after years of physical and mental abuse, she shot and killed her boyfriend. Her attorney has advised Christine against accepting a plea-bargain deal offered by the prosecution because he thinks Christine's
 
  jury will probably include several people who have emigrated from Japan and China  strong collectivist societies. Christine, a student of social psychology, agrees with her attorney because members of ________.
  A) collectivist societies tend to give greater weight to situational causes of behavior and less weight to dispositional causes
  B) collectivist societies tend to give less weight to situational causes of behavior and greater weight to dispositional causes
  C) individualistic societies tend to give greater weight to situational causes of behavior and less weight to dispositional causes
  D) individualistic societies tend to give less weight to situational causes of behavior and greater weight to dispositional causes
  E) collectivist societies tend to be more lenient on women than are members of individualistic societies

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A

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