Actor-Observer difference
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January 21, 2009
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Actor-observer difference Phenomenon that people tend to attribute their own actions to situational factors and those of others to dispositional factors – except in circumstances when ‘success’ is available for which credit can be taken.
(see also: Co-variation, Fundamental attribution error, cognitive bias, motivational bias, schema, metacognitive shortfall)
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