Dr. Jones believes that when his diagnoses and treatments of patients go well it is because he is a great doctor. If something goes wrong, though, he says it is because the patients were not 100% truthful or a previous doctor made an error. This is an example of

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This is an example of the self-serving bias, where individuals attribute their successes to internal factors (in this case, Dr. Jones believes he is a great doctor) and their failures to external factors (the patients or a previous doctor). The self-serving bias allows individuals to protect their self-esteem and maintain a positive self-image.

Dr Jones Believes That When His Diagnoses and Treatments of Patients