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You view your own mistakes as bad luck.
The claim attributes both halves of the actor-observer asymmetry to the Fundamental Attribution Error.
The Fundamental Attribution Error (Ross, 1977) explains why we attribute others' behavior to personality; the Actor-Observer Bias (Jones & Nisbett, 1971) explains why we attribute our own behavior to circumstances.
You give yourself grace that you deny others.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Ross, 1977
- What the check found
- The definition provided mixes the Fundamental Attribution Error with the Actor-Observer Bias. Ross (1977) coined FAE to explain the tendency to judge others' character, not the self-other dichotomy.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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