Age and Self-Serving Bias in the Classroom
Presentation Type
Event
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
JongHan Kim
Major
Psychology
Presentation Abstract
Who do we blame for the bad grades we receive? The answer tends to be professors. Who we choose to blame for the grades we earn is up to us. Yet it is common for us to take responsibility for our high grades and blame external sources for our low grades. This is known as self-serving bias. Eliminating self-serving bias in the classroom could improve the learning environment. To eliminate self-serving bias in the classroom we must be aware of the various aspects that cause it. One of these aspects would be age. To determine whether age effects self-serving bias in the classroom we must look closer at the student and professor relationship. The focus of this study is to determine if the amount of self-serving bias in a classroom increases when a significant age gap is introduced between the professor and student.
Course
PSYC 226
Location
Not Available
Start Date
17-4-2019 4:30 PM
End Date
17-4-2019 4:50 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Shifflett, Alexandra, "Age and Self-Serving Bias in the Classroom" (2019). Undergraduate Research Competition. 54.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2019/oral/54
Age and Self-Serving Bias in the Classroom
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Who do we blame for the bad grades we receive? The answer tends to be professors. Who we choose to blame for the grades we earn is up to us. Yet it is common for us to take responsibility for our high grades and blame external sources for our low grades. This is known as self-serving bias. Eliminating self-serving bias in the classroom could improve the learning environment. To eliminate self-serving bias in the classroom we must be aware of the various aspects that cause it. One of these aspects would be age. To determine whether age effects self-serving bias in the classroom we must look closer at the student and professor relationship. The focus of this study is to determine if the amount of self-serving bias in a classroom increases when a significant age gap is introduced between the professor and student.