Sheldon met a woman in the library and immediately thought he knew her. he asked "have i met you before? " she replied "no" and walked away, assuming he was trying to ask her out. this could have been an example of

The scenario is an example of déjà vu. Déjà vu is a form of experience or an individual experiencing a certain situation where he or she likely experienced it happen before or the person has already felt that he or she experienced a certain situation in the past.

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John Simmons believed that politics had played a role when he didn't receive a scholarship for graduate school. Fortunately, his good grades had earned him entrance into a prestigious state school. This example illustrates .

A) self-preservation

B) impression management

C) selective perception

D) self-serving attribution

This example illustrates D) self-serving attribution.

Explanation:

Self-serving attribution or self-serving bias is a tendency people have to interpret events in a way that is favorable to themselves. If something goes wrong, they place the blame in someone or something else, externalizing it. On the hand, if an event is good and successful, they give themselves the merit for it. That is precisely what John Simmons is doing. When he didn't receive the scholarship, he blamed the politics' role in the process. However, when he got accepted into a prestigious state school, he attributed it to his good grades - his intelligence and hard-work.