In the current study, the actor–observer effect is tested with both mock parole board members and the public evaluating the responsibility of parole board members for a decision resulting in a parolee reoffending and committing a murder. Participants (two samples with a combined N = 1317) were randomly assigned to act as a mock parole board member and make a decision (which ended in the parolee reoffending) or as a member of the public who read a story about the same parole decision and outcome. Findings suggest that the traditional actor–observer asymmetry emerged across blame and responsibility concepts, emotion and moral judgments. Overall, the public held harsher judgments than the mock parole board members. Implications regarding self-enhancement, methodology and attribution theory are discussed.

在目前的研究中，演员-观察者效应通过模拟假释委员会成员和公众评估假释委员会成员对导致假释者重新犯罪和谋杀的决定的责任进行测试。参与者（两个样本，N  = 1317）被随机分配充当模拟假释委员会成员并做出决定（以假释重犯告终）或作为阅读有关同一假释决定的故事的公众成员和结果。研究结果表明，传统的行为者 - 观察者不对称出现在责备和责任概念、情感和道德判断中。总体而言，公众对假释委员会成员的判断比假释委员会成员更严厉。讨论了关于自我增强、方法论和归因理论的含义。