Explaining away outgroup members' positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions is known as:

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This is an example of group-serving bias, where individuals tend to attribute positive behaviors of their own group as dispositional factors but negative behaviors as situational factors. Additionally, they tend to attribute positive behaviors of outgroup members to situational factors and negative behaviors to dispositional factors.

Explaining Away Outgroup Members' Positive Behaviors and Attributing Negative Behaviors