Self-serving bias

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cognitive bias
gptkbp:cause Overconfidence
Distorted self-perception
gptkbp:describes Tendency to attribute negative events to external factors
Tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character
gptkbp:effectObservedIn gptkb:Workplace
Sports
Relationships
Academic performance
gptkbp:example Taking credit for success but blaming failure on others
gptkbp:field gptkb:Psychology
Social psychology
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1970s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Self-serving bias
gptkbp:opposedBy Self-effacing bias
gptkbp:relatedTo Attribution theory
Fundamental attribution error
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Fritz_Heider
gptkb:Bernard_Weiner
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Optimism_Bias
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8