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The Self-Serving Bias

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The self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal causes and one's failures to external ones.

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A strong grade is credited to preparation and a weak one to an unfair exam.

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The bias supports self-esteem and degrades learning from failure. Both effects are documented.

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