Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows. Matthew is a finalist in the spelling bee. He receives his final word: “punctilious.” He does not spell it correctly and he is eliminated from the spelling bee when Sally spells the word correctly. Based on self-serving bias, what type of attribution would Matthew be most likely to make of his failure? A. “I was just unlucky.” B. “I wasn’t that interested in winning.” C. “I really wasn’t trying that hard.” D. “I’m not a good enough speller.”

As self- serving bias refers to maintain and enhance self-esteem and the to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner, thus the correct option is A). “I was just unlucky.”

What does self- serving bias mean?

A self-serving bias refers to the common habit of a person taking credit for positive events or outcomes and blaming the outside or other factors for negative events.

A self-serving bias is any cognitive or perceptual behavior that is twisted out by the need to maintain and enhance self-esteem, or the tendency to perceive oneself in an overly favorable manner.

As it can be said that self serving is a behavior of a person or an action that is done only for one's own benefit, sometimes at the expense or loss of others. Thus, I was just unlucky is the attribution that Mathew would make on the basis of self-serving bias.

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