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Actor/observer bias
Actor/observer bias refers to the tendency for actors to make external attributions and observers to make internal attributions.
Actor/observer bias , moreover is the tendency to attribute the behavior of others to internal causes while attributing one's own behavior to external causes such as situations and circumstances
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