Final answer:
The explanations we develop for behaviors are called attributions, and they can be dispositional or situational. The actor-observer bias is a phenomenon in which we attribute others' behaviors to internal factors and our own behaviors to situational forces.
Step-by-step explanation:
The explanations we develop for the behaviors of actions we attend to are called attributions. Attributions are the ways we make sense and assign meaning to the behaviors of others or ourselves. They can be categorized as dispositional (based on internal factors) or situational (based on external factors). The actor-observer bias is a phenomenon where we tend to attribute other people's behaviors to internal factors, while attributing our own behaviors to situational forces.