Devin is running to catch a bus when he sees a person trip and fall.As Devin is getting on the bus,he sees another man walk right past the person in need of help.Devin thinks to himself,"I can't believe that man didn't help that person.He is really a selfish person.I would have helped,if I hadn't been in such a hurry." He is displaying ____.

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The actor-observer effect is the tendency to attribute our own behavior to external factors, while attributing the behavior of others to internal factors. In this case, Devin is attributing the man's behavior to selfishness, while attributing his own behavior to being in a hurry.

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