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When an individual attributes their own successes to personal qualities like hard work, but blames their failures on external factors such as bad luck, they are demonstrating which cognitive bias?

A Fundamental Attribution Error
B Self-Serving Bias
C Actor-Observer Bias
D Hindsight Bias

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute positive outcomes to internal factors and negative outcomes to external factors, helping maintain self-esteem.

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