GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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beliefs about groups in which we think we belong
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attributing one’s successes to personality factors & failures to external factors
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Explanation of other people’s behavior based on personality or external factors
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describes process people go through to explain the causes of behavior
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Detailed explanation-1: -Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute our successes to internal, personal factors, and our failures to external, situational factors. In other words, we like to take credit for our triumphs, but we are more likely to blame others or circumstances for our shortcomings.
Detailed explanation-2: -The self-serving bias is the tendency people have to seek out information and use it in ways that advance their self-interest. In other words, people often unconsciously make decisions that serve themselves in ways that other people might view as indefensible or unethical.
Detailed explanation-3: -Self-serving bias is a form of attribution bias that involves individuals judging or assessing themselves or others based on positive and negative outcomes.
Detailed explanation-4: -By attributing our successes to our own characteristics, and our failures to external circumstances, we spare ourselves of any real opportunity for criticism. The self-serving bias skews our perception of ourselves and of our reality, in order to improve and preserve our own self-esteem in the process.
Detailed explanation-5: -The self-serving bias refers to the tendency to attribute internal, personal factors to positive outcomes but external, situational factors to negative outcomes. As you may know, our minds are biased to act, judge, and see the world in such a way.