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social dynamics
You judge your actions by intent but others by outcomes.
The actor-observer hypothesis, proposed by Jones and Nisbett in 1971, posits that individuals attribute their own actions to situational factors and others' actions to dispositional ones, though this effect has not held up in comprehensive meta-analyses.
The phenomenon lacks consistent empirical support and is not considered a firmly established psychological fact.
You are always the exception to the rule you apply to others.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Jones and Nisbett, 1971
- What the check found
- While Jones and Nisbett proposed the hypothesis in 1971, decades of subsequent research failed to replicate the effect, casting doubt on it as a general rule of psychology.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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