In one study, teachers whose students performed well attributed the outcome to their teaching ability and teachers whose students performed poorly attributed the outcome to student inability. This represents the:

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Self-serving bias

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In one study, teachers whose students performed well attributed the outcome to their teaching ability, and teachers whose students performed poorly attributed the outcome to student inability. This represents the: self-serving bias

A. self-serving bias

b. attribution style

c. situational attribution

d. locus of control

Self-serving bias or behavior is a habit or likelihood of an individual to attribute or taking credit, responsibility for positive outcomes relating it as a result of their ability, character but criticize, condemn and attribute the negative event to the external occurrence. This is done to increase one's self-esteem; the motive to maintain a positive self-image, called self-enhancement. It has been shown that most time people tend to attribute bad results to their own activities, taking the blame for other' failures.