00:01 [ONSCREEN] Self-serving bias

00:06 [WOMAN and MAN stand drinking wine] WOMAN: So...the boss calls me into his office today.

00:09 MAN: Yeah?

00:10 WOMAN: And basically he says that I did a fantastic job with the fundraising campaign!

00:14 MAN: Congratulations, Mimi, way to go!

00:15 [simultaneous with MAN's line] WOMAN: Thank you, thank you very much.

00:17 MAN: That is awesome. Well, you had such a great team under you that, you know…

00:20 WOMAN: Yeah, they were good, they came through, but they needed some guidance.

00:24 MAN: Oh, so you…

00:25 WOMAN: So, I took over. I had to step up.

00:27 MAN: Oh.

00:28 WOMAN: Yeah.

00:28 MAN: Well, Frank, you know, made such a great presentation also…

00:31 WOMAN: He did, he did. It's a good thing he talked to me the night before because ooh…

00:36 MAN: Oh, really?

00:36 WOMAN: Yeah.

00:37 MAN: So you helped him.

00:37 WOMAN: It would have been horrible.

00:38 MAN: The decorations were excellent too.

00:40 WOMAN: They were! I picked out the colors.

00:41 MAN: Oh, you did? Oh, wow, that's great. Well.

00:43 WOMAN: I'm really good at this!

00:45 MAN: Yeah.

00:45 WOMAN: I really am!

00:46 MAN: That's awesome.

00:46 WOMAN: It's fantastic, I'm so happy. Wow!

00:49 MAN: Congratulations.

00:50 WOMAN: Thanks!

00:51 [MAN drinks wine and rolls his eyes]

00:53 [ONSCREEN] Self-serving bias: A biased tendency to credit ourselves (internal factors) instead of external factors for our success.