Because she beat her goal this year by nearly 30 percent, lori has been telling everyone in the sales department of her incredible skill as a salesperson. but last year when she didn't even reach her goal, she said her failure was due to the poor economy. lori provides an example of

Lori is exhibiting a type of bias that is well-known as self-serving bias.

Self-serving bias is defined as distortion in perceptual processes due to the need to maintain and enhance the person’s self-esteem – also known as a person’s tendency to see themselves in a favorable manner. In the case of Lori, when she cannot reach her goal, she blames the poor economy, but when she managed to do it, she attributed it to her skills as a salesperson.

the correct answer is economics is a game without winners or losers.

unlike sports or games economic is a game without losers or winner rather it is a game where everyone wins. parties of business doing businesses exchange money with each other and hence exchange is done on the basis of goods. one party takes the goods and other sales it so there is winner on both sides. each party values more highly the good it gets than the good it gives up. both sides exchange only because both intend to increase their value. so there is no concept of lose or win.