![]() ![]() But if you just fail the same test, suddenly there is an external reason – the weather was bad, it wasn’t the car I usually drive, I didn’t get enough sleep.īut blaming circumstance is one thing. If you just pass, then you will likely make it an internal reason – I studied hard, I’m actually a good driver naturally. Psychology talks about the ‘self-serving bias’, with researchers discovering that many of us will take the credit for ourselves if things go good in life, but lay blame on circumstance when things go bad.įor example, imagine taking a driver’s test. Reality TV shows force feed us scenes of one character blaming another, and newspapers are awash with stories about how all of society’s problems are to be blamed on politicians or terrorists and there is nothing we can do.īut is our culture of blame helpful? The self-serving bias ![]() Blaming – the fine art of making others responsible for all the difficult things that happen to us – is something our modern society seems to support as perfectly acceptable.
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