Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.Matthew is a finalist in the spelling bee. He receives his final word: “punctilious.” He does not spell it correctly and he is eliminated from the spelling bee when Sally spells the word correctly.Based on self-serving bias, what type of attribution would Matthew be most likely to make of his failure?

Self-serving bias leads people to explain failures by blaming external, unstable factors rather than their own ability or effort. Saying “I was just unlucky” places the cause outside Matthew, while saying he is not a good enough speller would blame an internal trait. Therefore, the most likely attribution is “I was just unlucky.”

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