You are having dinner at a restaurant and notice that the person at the next table does not leave a tip for the waitress. According to the actor-observer bias, you are likely to conclude the person

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The actor-observer bias suggests that people attribute their own actions to external situations while attributing others' actions to their personal characteristics. Therefore, observing someone not leaving a tip, one might conclude they did so not because of the service or an external reason, but because they are inherently cheap.

You Are Having Dinner at a Restaurant and Notice That