Question

Penny gets an acting job on Friday that she attributes to her good acting. But when she doesn’t get the next acting job, she blames the casting director for not wanting to hire a woman. This is an example of ________.
a) racism
b) self-fulfilling prophecy
c) self-serving bias
d) social loafing

Answer 1

Answer:

c) self - serving bias

Explanation:

Self - serving bias -

It is the most common type of cognitive bias , used in the studies of social psychology .

According to the self - serving bias , it is the inclination of the people considering themselves to be positive and any external factor to be a negative attribute .

In this case , the person tends to consider him to be always correct and others to be wrong , in every aspect .

Hence , from the question , the example shown in the question , is of self - serving bias .