The self-serving bias refers to our tendency to blame ourselves for our failures and to downplay our successes by attributing them to external, situational causes.

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The self-serving bias actually refers to the opposite tendency - to attribute our successes to internal, dispositional factors (i.e. our own abilities and efforts) and to blame external, situational factors for our failures.

The Self-Serving Bias Refers to Our Tendency to Blame Ourselves