Explaining Misfortune: The Self-Serving Bias Given the self-serving bias, are these NASCAR drivers–including Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in car #88 in the middle–likely to explain their accident by listing internal factors such as their own carelessness or recklessness? Or are they more likely to blame external factors, such as another driver’s poor handling of his vehicle or slick conditions on the Daytona International Speedway?

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