1: Which of the following does NOT occur in the self-serving bias?

    A: we are motivated to enhance our self-esteem

            Incorrect.
When people are exhibiting the self serving bias, they have a tendency to perceive themselves favorably.  A motivation to enhance self-esteem, then, does occur in the self-serving bias because it would contribute to a person's favorable impression of him or herself.


 

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