You fail a test and think, "It's the teacher's fault; he's a horrible professor," yet when you do well on another test in the same course, you think, "I am such a wonderful student!" What is the underlying reason for these thoughts?

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Felicity Yates

21 April, 15:59

You fail a test and think, "It's the teacher's fault; he's a horrible professor," yet when you do well on another test in the same course, you think, "I am such a wonderful student!" What is the underlying reason for these thoughts?

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Kiersten Mejia · Answer 1

Answer:self-serving attributional bias

Explanation:The self-serving bias is a tendency of attributing every good thing or positive results to only your effort and attributes any negative outcomes to the external factors.

For example when you fail the exam you attribute this to your teacher as being a horrible professor but if your got higher marks you will attribute that to your own effort.