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actor observer bias
You blame your own mistakes on your situation.
The actor-observer asymmetry describes a general tendency to attribute your own behavior to situational factors while attributing the behavior of others to their internal character.
The tendency to specifically attribute your own failures to external factors and your successes to internal ones is defined as the self-serving bias.
You are the protagonist of your life, but a spectator to everyone else.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Jones and Nisbett (1971)
- What the check found
- The actor-observer asymmetry applies to all behaviors, not just failures. Attributing failures to external factors specifically is known as the self-serving bias.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
Related
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