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Actor-Observer Asymmetry

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Attributing our behavior to situations, others' to personality.

In the Boardroom

Explaining your lateness by traffic, others' by laziness.

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