We Have a Tendency to Take Credit for Our Successes

question 82

True/False

We have a tendency to take credit for our successes and atendency to distance ourselves from our failures. This is called the self-serving bias.

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Definitions:

Persuasion Tactics

Strategies or methods employed to influence others' attitudes, beliefs, or actions towards a particular viewpoint or decision.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified and generalized beliefs about a group of people that often ignore individual differences.

Cognitive Dissonance

A psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously.

Cognitive Dissonance

A psychological concept involving the discomfort experienced when holding conflicting beliefs or attitudes, leading to an alteration in one or more of these beliefs to reduce the discomfort.