When Professor Smith Returned an Assignment to Her Class,her Students

Essay

When Professor Smith returned an assignment to her class,her students objected to their grades.The students argued that the assignment was too vague and the grading did not accurately reflect their knowledge.Professor Smith believes the assignment to be fair,and that the class had chosen not to work on it until the last minute.In this context,discuss the attribution process,and analyze how the concepts of fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias might account for the difference in perceptions between Professor Smith and her class.