The statements "I lost the race because I was tired" and "She lost the race because she has no athletic ability" are examples of

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The actor/observer discrepancy refers to the tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing other people's behaviors to internal causes. In the given statements, the speaker attributes their own failure to an external factor (being tired) but attributes another person's failure to an internal factor (lack of athletic ability), exemplifying this discrepancy.

The Statements "I Lost the Race Because I Was Tired