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****Below is my discussion board assignment. The discussion assignment has to be 175
words for each of my peers posting and APA style. Make sure you reference from the book
or any other sources. This is not a paper just a discussion board assignment response to 2
peers postings. ****
The book used in this class is:
Social Psychology | Edition: 10
Author: Saul Kassin, Steven Fein, Hazel Rose Markus
ISBN: 9781305580220
Publication Date: 02/11/2014
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Comment on the postings of at least two peers, and provide an analysis of each peer’s
postings while also suggesting specific additions or clarifications for improving the
discussion question response.
Peer #1 - Atonya Brown
Self-serving bias and locus control are similar because both have internal and external
factors that will contribute to a person’s accomplishments or failures. The difference between the
two is locus of control belief about whether the outcomes of our actions are contingent on what
an individual does. The self-serving bias is define as a person attributing positive events to their
own character but points the negative outcome towards external factors. One situation of selfserving bias that I can remember is when my family and I went on vacation and we went go cart
racing. During our time at the race track, my son won the first three races and claimed to be the
best driver in the family. Then the next time we went to the race track he lost the all the races to
at least one of the family members, bu...