Either way, Bush (the actor) would see his behavior as a result of external factors while the Democrats and Republicans (the observers) would attribute his actions to his own personality. The Republicans would attribute his actions to his intentions and motivations to defend the United States from terrorism. For instance, the Democrats would blame his actions on his dogmatic and uncompromising personality, call him a bully. However, Democrats and Republicans, who are the observers, would attribute Bush’s actions to his own personal characteristics. For him, his decision to invade Afghanistan and Iraq were based on the actions that Al-Qaeda and Saddam took against the United States. In another example of actor-observer bias we may consider the former American president, George W. For example, as the actor, when we get a fail on a test we usually blame it on external factors, such as the teacher did not teach us well enough, while the teacher, who is the observer, will blame it on internal factors, such as our lack of ability to pass the test (Burger, Cooper, and Good). while others who may be judging us, the observers, attribute our behaviors to internal factors that are closely associated with the actor, such as our ability, effort, mood, or our personality (Heider). As the given definition of actor-observer bias explains, when judging ourselves we become the actor, we tend to attribute our behaviors to external factors, such as other people, our luck, the situation, etc.
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