Kumi, your coworker, has been working on his taxes for the last two months. If Kumi gets audited this year, he is likely to believe that it happened because of an internal cause, such as his poor financial skills. Kumi's perception is being influenced by the ___.

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Leticia Roach

5 July, 04:55

Kumi, your coworker, has been working on his taxes for the last two months. If Kumi gets audited this year, he is likely to believe that it happened because of an internal cause, such as his poor financial skills. Kumi's perception is being influenced by the ___.

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Francisco Bernard · Answer 1

self-serving bias

Explanation:

Self-serving bias is the concept of social psychology that describes the tendency of humans to give oneself credit for the positive things and blame external factors for the negative things. For example, a singer gives himself credit for the success of a song but blames the composers for the failure of it, As per the question Kumi's perception has reflected self-serving bias.