When Jason gets an "A" on a math test, he claims it is because he is smart. However, when he fails a social studies test for which he didn't study, he claims the test was too hard. His behavior is an example of the______

a. primacy effect

b. self-serving bias

c. fundamental attribution error

d. actor-observer effect

B

Psychology

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