Penny gets an acting job on friday that she attributes to her good acting. she doesn’t get the next acting job; therefore, she blames the casting director for not wanting to hire a woman. this is an example of

This is an example of self-serving bias.

Explanation:

In such self serving bias, people usually take credits or attribute positive things to their own. On the contrary, they can easily blame others for negative events. Thus, when Penny got the acting job, she made herself responsible, boasting about her own caliber. However, when she failed to take the next acting work, she blamed the casting director. There may be a reason that she may not had done her previous work with perfection, but self serving bias didn’t let the person evaluate that.