This kind of dichotomous analysis of the world -- you explain things in X way, or in opposite-of-X way -- seems to pop up a lot in social psychology. I also se

This kind of dichotomous analysis of the world -- you explain things in X way, or in opposite-of-X way -- seems to pop up a lot in social psychology. I also see it in discussion of the idea of "fundamental attribution error" (when I analyze my own behavior, I attribute mistakes to external factors; when I analyze others' behavior, I attribute mistakes to internal factors).