Bill and Ben have an accident in which their cars collide. Bill blames the rainy weather for his skid. Ben blames Bill's bad driving skills for the accident and believes that his own driving was exemplary. They are showing which of the following attributional biases?

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Bill and Ben are demonstrating the fundamental attribution error, the actor-observer effect, and the self-serving bias. Bill attributes his skidding to external factors (rainy weather), which is an example of the actor-observer effect where people tend to attribute their own actions to situational factors. Ben blames Bill's driving skills, an example of the fundamental attribution error, where people attribute others' behaviors to their character rather than to situational factors. Both are also exhibiting the self-serving bias by attributing causes of the accident in ways that favor themselves—Bill by blaming the weather and Ben by asserting his own driving was exemplary.

Bill and Ben Have an Accident in Which Their Cars