Talk:Actor–observer asymmetry

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Should this article be merged with fundamental attribution error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.227.165.106 (talk) 16:17, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Actor-Observer Bias

Is there information that is missing or incomplete?•Cultural differences are not considered in the article. Various studies have found reason to believe that there are substantial differences in attribution across cultures (Knowles, Morris, Chiu, & Hong, 2001) (Masuda & Nisbett, 2001).•We will add a section on the cultural differences of attribution and how it relates to the actor-observer bias and use information from specific studies that explore such differences (Knowles et al., 2001) (Masuda & Nisbett, 2001).

• I think we should further elaborate on the cultural differences, as of right now it currently just talks about the results found from previous studies, it could potentially be improved by explaining what these findings mean, and what are the implications of these findings (i.e. explain how this means East Asians are better at making attributions to situational constraints than Americans). From there, we could mention how this resonates with other previous research that has also found these unique differences in how behaviors are attributed by people of different culture. (Choi & Nisbett, 1998) (Knowles et al., 2001)

•The article should be strengthened from Gilbert et al. (1992). It would be a lot easier for the wikipedia community to understand how this works in a cognitive standpoint. The terms and definitions of characterization, categorization, and correction would be an excellent place to start.

Is there information that needs a citation?•Under the “actor-observer bias” section, the authors cite “Nisbett and Wilson, 1975” but do not include this reference in the “References” section. •Once the Gilbert et al. (1992) extension is added, it would be necessary to add it to the “References” section.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Mickeyduck123 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for your suggestions. It would be great to have a section on cultural differences added to this article, to have more use of key references and more explanation of technical terms for newcomers. Please go ahead with your improvements. On a style point, if you use the asterisk * as a bullet point, then your lists will be formatted correctly. MartinPoulter (talk) 10:44, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

1. Additional Information:I think we should further elaborate on the cultural differences, as of right now it currently just talks about the results found from previous studies, it could potentially be improved by explaining what these findings mean, and what are the implications of these findings (i.e. explain how this means East Asians are better at making attributions to situational constraints than Americans). From there, we could mention how this resonates with other previous research that has also found these unique differences in how behaviors are attributed by people of different culture. (Choi & Nisbett, 1998) (Knowles et al., 2001).^[1][2]

2. Correcting/ Adding Information:After reading the “Recent Evidence,” the theory behind actor-observer asymmetry is basically ONLY disproved and not supported. I think it would be prudent to add a research article that found evidence of this theory so that people who read this completely discount the information behind it. One of the articles in our bibliography, Krueger et al. (1996), studied people who were familiar with each other and found that this actor-observer bias is much more prevalent than what was originally thought.^[3]

3. Additional Information:I would like for us to add information from our bibliography into the Wikipedia page if we could find a place to fit some of it. In the section “Recent Evidence,” the most recent studies they listed were from 2007 and I thought it was time to add more recent studies. There is an article listed in the bibliography for Critcher et al. (2012) about observers attributing moral and immoral judgments to actors based on certain decisions they make and the speed of those decisions. This could also be relevant for the “Implications” section of the Wikipedia page as well - observers make quick, harsh attributions that actors may be unaware they have implied through their decisions/actions.^[4]