After graduation Carolyn struggled to find a job.After a particularly bad day filled with rejection letters, Carolyn met up with a friend for coffee.The friend asked Carolyn why she thought she had not yet found a job, and Carolyn stated that it was most certainly due to the poor economy.Carolyn's response may be influenced by _____________.

A) Belief perseverance
B) The fundamental attribution error
C) Actor-observer difference
D) Self-serving bias

Belief Perseverance

A tendency to continue to view an initial assumption as correct despite evidence to the contradictory.

Self-serving Bias

In attribution, the tendency for people to take personal credit for acts that yield positive outcomes and to deflect blame for bad outcomes by attributing them to external causes.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underestimating the influence of situational factors.