Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating. this best illustrates:

Athletes often attribute their losses to bad officiating. This best illustrates the self-serving bias. 

Self-serving bias is a perception or thinking by someone that distorts reality to make sure they have a high self-esteem. They want to perceive themselves in a favorable way, so instead of taking initiative for why they lost, it's easier to place blame than accept reality. 

the structure of state governments are determined by. "state constitutins'

under the us constitution, all state governments are.'republics'