Mary sees Greta trip while walking down an outside flight of steps,and thinks to herself,"What a clumsy person!" Five minutes later,though,Mary trips on the same flight of steps,and says to an onlooker,"It's very icy today!" This is an illustration of the .

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The actor-observer effect is when people attribute their own actions to situational factors but attribute others' actions to their character or disposition. Mary attributes Greta's tripping to clumsiness (dispositional) but her own tripping to the icy conditions (situational).

Mary Sees Greta Trip While Walking Down an Outside Flight