Question

Penny gets an acting job on Friday that she attributes to her good acting. She doesn’t get the next acting job; therefore, she blames the casting director for not wanting to hire a woman. This is an example of ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

This is an example of self-serving bias.

Explanation:

• In such self serving bias, people usually take credits or attribute positive things to their own.

• On the contrary, they can easily blame others for negative events.

• Thus, when Penny got the acting job, she made herself responsible, boasting about her own caliber.

• However, when she failed to take the next acting work, she blamed the casting director.

• There may be a reason that she may not had done her previous work with perfection, but self serving bias didn’t let the person evaluate that.