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<html><iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NkpXMxt4f3s" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>'''A self-serving bias occurs when we interpret the world in a way that is beneficial to our sense of self. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it often is. | <html><iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NkpXMxt4f3s" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></html>'''A self-serving bias occurs when we interpret the world in a way that is beneficial to our sense of self. This leads individuals to attribute positive events and successes to their own character and conversely, attribute negative events and failures to external factors beyond their control.''' This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it often is. | ||
For example, the tendency to attribute successes to our diligence and hard work and failures to external causes is one manifestation of this bias. Another manifestation is the tendency to justify our own bad behavior based on external pressures. (''It’s not my fault because…'') | For example, the tendency to attribute successes to our diligence and hard work and failures to external causes is one manifestation of this bias. Another manifestation is the tendency to justify our own bad behavior based on external pressures. (''It’s not my fault because…'') | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 10 July 2023
A self-serving bias occurs when we interpret the world in a way that is beneficial to our sense of self. This leads individuals to attribute positive events and successes to their own character and conversely, attribute negative events and failures to external factors beyond their control. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it often is.
For example, the tendency to attribute successes to our diligence and hard work and failures to external causes is one manifestation of this bias. Another manifestation is the tendency to justify our own bad behavior based on external pressures. (It’s not my fault because…)