Understanding Self-Serving Bias and Attribution Errors

What is self-serving bias?

• A tendency to view others more favorably

• A tendency to attribute successes to oneself and failures to external factors

• A tendency to underestimate one's abilities

• A tendency to view oneself negatively

What is the better-than-average effect?

• The belief that one is better than average

• The belief that averages do not exist

• The belief that everyone is equally skilled

• The belief that others are better than oneself

What did the study on married couples reveal about task sharing?

• Couples accurately estimate their contributions

• Couples underestimate their contributions

• Couples overestimate their contributions

• Couples do not share tasks

Which part of the brain is associated with self-serving bias?

• Dorsal striatum

• Hippocampus

• Cerebellum

• Amygdala

What is the fundamental attribution error?

• Attributing one's actions to internal factors

• Attributing one's actions to external factors

• Attributing others' actions to their personalities

• Attributing others' actions to situational factors

What is the availability heuristic?

• Judging the frequency of an event based on statistical data

• Judging the frequency of an event based on how easily examples come to mind

• Judging the frequency of an event based on others' opinions

• Judging the frequency of an event based on personal experience

What is the actor-observer bias?

• The tendency to attribute one's actions to personality

• The tendency to attribute others' actions to personality

• The tendency to attribute others' actions to situational factors

• The tendency to attribute one's actions to situational factors

How can awareness of biases help reduce them?

• By eliminating biases completely

• By making individuals more likely to commit biases

• By making biases more prevalent

• By reducing the likelihood of committing biases

What is a common misconception about biases?

• That they are always negative

• That they do not affect decision-making

• That others are more likely to have them

• That they are easy to identify

Why is it important to be on good terms with your roommate?

• Because they do all the cleaning

• Because they are always right

• Because they never make mistakes

• Because they know where you live