You tell yourself that you were late starting your psychology project because of the demands of your other courses and your job; but your roommate was late because he is a procrastinator.You are displaying

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The actor-observer bias is a tendency to attribute one's own behavior to situational factors, while attributing others' behavior to dispositional factors. In this scenario, the person is attributing their own lateness to external factors, while attributing their roommate's lateness to an internal factor (procrastination).

You Tell Yourself That You Were Late Starting Your Psychology