Asked by Emily Cheng on Jul 28, 2024
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Cindy recently played in a softball game in which she misplayed a ground ball for an error.Later, in the same game, she made a great catch on a very difficult play.According to the self-serving bias, she would attribute her error to _____ and her good catch to her _____.
A) bad fielding skills/luck
B) bad fielding skills/good fielding skills
C) a bad bounce/luck
D) a bad bounce/good fielding skills
Self-serving Bias
The common tendency to attribute one's successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.
Good Catch
A term often used in healthcare and safety industries to refer to a potentially harmful error that is identified and corrected before causing harm.
Bad Bounce
Refers to an unfavorable or unexpected outcome, often used in the context of sports to describe an erratic movement of the ball.
- Acquire knowledge on the dynamics of self-serving bias and its effect on the attribution phenomenon.
Verified Answer
CF
Cindy FentengJul 29, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
The self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute positive events to internal factors and negative events to external factors. Therefore, in this scenario, Cindy would attribute her error to an external factor (the bad bounce) and her good catch to an internal factor (her good fielding skills). Option D reflects this pattern of attribution.
Learning Objectives
- Acquire knowledge on the dynamics of self-serving bias and its effect on the attribution phenomenon.