actor-observer bias
/ˌæktər əbˈzɜːrvər ˌbaɪəs/
attributing own actions to situations but others' actions to personality
actor-observer bias in a sentence
“Actor-observer bias: 'I failed because the test was unfair; she failed because she's dumb.'”
Origin of actor-observer bias
Latin actor doer + observer from observare to watch
Related Words
affinity bias
favoring people who are similar to oneself
fundamental attribution error
overemphasizing personality and underemphasizing situations when judging others' behavior
halo effect
letting one positive trait influence overall impression of a person
in-group bias
favoring members of one's own group over outsiders
out-group homogeneity
perceiving members of other groups as more similar to each other than they are
stereotype
a widely held but oversimplified idea about a group