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Egotism and attribution.

M L Snyder

    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
    |April 1, 1976
    PubMed
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    Egotism, the tendency to attribute positive outcomes to oneself, was demonstrated in a competition experiment. Participants accurately predicted their opponents

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Social Psychology

    Background:

    • Egotism involves self-serving attributions, favoring internal explanations for success.
    • Understanding egotism is crucial for explaining social behavior and interpersonal judgments.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To experimentally demonstrate the phenomenon of egotism.
    • To investigate attributions in both actors and observers for positive and negative outcomes.
    • To examine egotism's prevalence following competitive events.

    Main Methods:

    • Subjects engaged in competitive tasks, experiencing either victory or defeat.
    • Attributions for personal and opponent outcomes (good and bad) were recorded.
    • Participants predicted their opponents' attributional patterns.

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    Main Results:

    • Clear evidence of egotism was observed, with participants favoring self-enhancing attributions.
    • Attributions were compared between actors and observers to control for alternative explanations.
    • Predictions of opponents' attributions were found to be reasonably accurate.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides empirical support for the existence of egotism.
    • Egotism appears heightened in competitive contexts.
    • Individuals possess some capacity to anticipate others' self-serving biases.