Self-Serving Bias Research Paper
Self-Serving Bias
July 20, 2013
ENG223
Normally people attribute positive occurrences to some internal factors or as a result of their actions while negative things are associated with external factors. According to Wood, people are somehow blind in perception of negative things that affect their lives. I have successfully, determined the existence of self-serving bias through a friends behavior and my own actions. In both cases, it is intrinsically hard to associate a negative occurrence with one’s own capacity. I normally find it easy to consider my poor performance in an examination to other factors rather than my own failure to prepare effectively for the exam. On closer look, I realize that
July 20, 2013
ENG223
Normally people attribute positive occurrences to some internal factors or as a result of their actions while negative things are associated with external factors. According to Wood, people are somehow blind in perception of negative things that affect their lives. I have successfully, determined the existence of self-serving bias through a friends behavior and my own actions. In both cases, it is intrinsically hard to associate a negative occurrence with one’s own capacity. I normally find it easy to consider my poor performance in an examination to other factors rather than my own failure to prepare effectively for the exam. On closer look, I realize that