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In assessing the causes of other people’s behavior, we tend to __________ their internal personal factors and to __________ the external factors. However, in assessing the causes of our own behavior, we tend to attribute our own success to __________ and our failure to __________.

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The answer based on human psyche where one tends to blame others for their failure and blame external factors for their own failure.

In assessing the causes of other people’s behavior, we tend to ___overemphasize_______ their internal personal factors and to ____under emphasize______ the external factors. However, in assessing the causes of our own behavior, we tend to attribute our own success to ___our own internal factors_______ and our failure to ____external factors______.

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