The Jones-Nisbett actor-observer effect—i.e. the tendency for persons to see their actions as due to situational causes while observers of the same actions ascribe them to the actor's personal dispositions

source:: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/019188699090239N

Seems similar to the effect where we ascribe good things in our life to our own actions, and bad things that happen to uncontrollable circumstances.

topic:: [[Cognitive Biases]]