Question

In one study, teachers whose students performed well attributed the outcome to their teaching ability and teachers whose students performed poorly attributed the outcome to student inability. This represents the:

Answer 1

Self-serving bias

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Complete Question:

In one study, teachers whose students performed well attributed the outcome to their teaching ability, and teachers whose students performed poorly attributed the outcome to student inability. This represents the: self-serving bias

A. self-serving bias

b. attribution style

c. situational attribution

d. locus of control

Self-serving bias or behavior is a habit or likelihood of an individual to attribute or taking credit, responsibility for positive outcomes relating it as a result of their ability, character but criticize, condemn and attribute the negative event to the external occurrence. This is done to increase one's self-esteem; the motive to maintain a positive self-image, called self-enhancement. It has been shown that most time people tend to attribute bad results to their own activities, taking the blame for other' failures.