Self Serving Bias Research Paper

Self serving bias and clinging to first impressions are two of the common tendencies in interpersonal communication. The basic definition of self serving bias is when others suffer we tend to be much harsh on their problems, on the contrary, if the same situation happens to us, we always blame the problem and think the causation is outside of ourselves. The first impression is not often accurate, but it does a great deal to us to think of others. I have met both of these interpersonal communication common tendencies in my life.
My story of self serving bias tendency. When my friends had bad grades in high school, I always told them you should work harder, so you grades will be better. On the other hand, every time, when I had a bad grade,

I just told myself all kinds of reasons and didn’t think the problems from myself. I always told myself; it is only high school, my parents are divorced and did not help me to be more discipline, school is not that important. In a word, when others had some situation with me, I blamed them didn’t study, but when some situation happened to me, I constantly blame the problems outside of my self.
In my perspective, I don’t think first impression is always right, but it does a big part when we think of other people. First few days of my math class, there was a person sat next to me, and he is always late and asks me all sorts of strange questions. My first impression to him is he is that kind of person who cheats and asks his friend for answers to get a better grade. After few weeks, I think he realized the way that I think of him. He started to help me about the math problems that I didn’t understand, and he got an A for the first exam. The first impression did take a big part about how I thought about him, but it turned out is not absolutely accurate.
In conclusion, self serving bias occurs when same problem happens to you and your friend, you blame on their personal qualities, but you blame the problems outside of yourself. Next, first impression is important and take a big part in our feeling towards others, but it is not always accurate.