When a person remembers or notices only information that backs up his or her expectations and forgets or ignores discrepancies, this person is exhibiting the actor-observer effect.

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This description refers to the confirmation bias, not the actor-observer effect. The actor-observer effect is a tendency to attribute one's own actions to external causes while attributing others' actions to their internal characteristics.

When a Person Remembers or Notices Only Information That Backs