Self-serving Biases or errors that we make is one of the things
I found really helpful to recognize. These biases or errors obstruct our
thinking. Some of these, which are important, include; the tendency to
exaggerate out strengths, to minimize our weaknesses, to misjudging by overestimating
ourselves when comparing us to others, and the misperception that we are in
control. Sometimes we believe that we are always in control even though we
really aren’t in certain situations. This misperception of control is the same
thing when you believe in some superstitious behavior. For example, if sit on
your lucky couch, the 49ers will win the game. If people carry the belief that
we are in control too far sometime it can mess with out thinking which leads to
many bad decisions in our life. Additionally, having the belief that we are in
control of situations where we have very little or absolutely no control over
can result in posttraumatic stress syndrome or irrational guilt.
I find your post very interesting! I think that this is something that most of us do, but don't really pay attention to or even realize that it's there. I like your example of the lucky couch. I had a friend who would always use the same pen for exams or in class essays because she thought that it would give her an A. In reality, the reasons she got A's was because she actually studied and did the work. One time she didn't have her pen and lost all control on an exam. She was so focused on that issue that her grade suffered. She insisted that her poor grade was because she didn't use the pen, when in reality it was because she wasn't putting enough focus on the exam itself.
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I definitely agree with your point that self-serving biases are helpful to recognize. I too wrote on something similar and found that many times, even in my everyday speech, I would insert my own opinions into everything that I say. I believe that it's necessary for everyone to at least be aware of their biases. We feel that we need something and for some reason compensate by inserting our own beliefs into everything that we do. In order to maintain control of situations, we first have to be aware of the things that are happening. We need to be aware of our biases and then we can deal with them. It's especially difficult if you feel very strongly about a subject, but it is doable.
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