Matthew is a finalist in the spelling bee. He receives his final word: “punctilious.” He does not spell it correctly and he is eliminated from the spelling bee when Sally spells the word correctly. Based on self-serving bias, what type of attribution would Matthew be most likely to make of his failure? A. “I was just unlucky.” B. “I wasn’t that interested in winning.” C. “I really wasn’t trying that hard.” D. “I’m not a good enough speller.”

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countries in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the second team begins its own recruitment campaign to find even better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rival's most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario?