Social Psychologists have identified several different "self-serving biases"(e.g., perceiving the self as better than average, taking credit for success while denying blame for failure, unrealistic optimism about the future, distorted memories of the past, false consensus effect, false uniqueness effect).
Give specific examples from your own experiences/observations of two different self-serving biases. Then, indicate whether you believe self-serving biases are adaptive or maladaptive. If you had to choose, would you rather be totally realistic or have some of these distorted views of yourself and your life? Why?
Provide a rationale to support your position.