self-serving bias

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self-serving
adjective
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/ˌselfˈsɜː.vɪŋ/us
/ˌselfˈsɝː.vɪŋ/
working or acting for your ...
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bias
noun
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/ˈbaɪ.əs/us
/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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However, they will engage inself-servingbias, attributing failure externally when they perceive a low probability of improvement.
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Results showed that theself-servingbiaswas present in negative outcomes, and that greater interpersonal distance from group members increased blame for negative outcomes.
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Interpersonal dynamics of theself-servingbiasin the previous section have implications for attributions for outcomes in the workplace.
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Both motivational processes (i.e. self-enhancement, self-presentation) and cognitive processes (i.e. locus of control, self-esteem) influence theself-servingbias.
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In line with theself-servingbias, the majority of subjects agreed with positive traits about themselves, and disagreed with negative ones.
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Self-affirmation also helps eliminateself-servingbiasand group-serving bias, which is prevalent in attributions and group judgments.
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When working in pairs to complete interdependent outcome tasks, relationally close pairs did not show aself-servingbiaswhile relationally distant pairs did.
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Theself-servingbiasis the tendency to attribute dispositional causes for successes, and situational causes for failure, particularly when self-esteem is threatened.
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Pronin and her co-authors explained to subjects the better-than-average effect, the halo effect,self-servingbiasand many other cognitive biases.
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This is further reinforced by research showing that as self-threat increases, people are more likely to exhibit aself-servingbias.
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Theself-servingbiashas been thought of as a means of self-esteem maintenance.
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Theself-servingbiasis often formulated as a complete reversal in actors' and observers' explanation tendencies as a function of positive vs. negative events.
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Differential attribution style at different ages indicates that theself-servingbiasmay be less likely in older adults.
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Strangers exhibited theself-servingbiasin responsibility attributions, but friends tended to make joint attributions for both success and failure.
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Impasse may also arise if parties suffer fromself-servingbias.
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Moreover, humans tend to think highly of themselves, highlighting strengths and achievements, and overlooking weakness and failures (theself-servingbias).
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In a study exploring the effects of mood on theself-servingbias, the moods of participants were manipulated to be either positive or negative.
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Individuals with an external locus of control are more likely to exhibit aself-servingbiasfollowing failure than those with an internal locus of control.
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Originally, researchers assumed thatself-servingbiasis strongly related to the fact that people want to protect their self-esteem.
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People most commonly manifest aself-servingbiaswhen they explain the origin or events in which they personally had a hand or a stake.
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