In Storms' research on the actor-observer bias, participants observed two people interact. They found the actor made ___________ attributions while the observer made __________ attributions. However, when they watched a video of the same interaction from a different angle that reversed the perspectives so that the actor was now the observer, the ________.

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The actor-observer bias suggests that actors tend to make situational attributions for their own behavior, while observers make dispositional attributions for the same behavior. When perspectives are reversed, the attributions also switch, supporting the idea that perspective influences attribution.

In Storms' Research on the Actor-Observer Bias, Participants Observed Two