Explaining Away Out-Group Members' Positive Behaviours and Attributing Negative Behaviours

question 87

Multiple Choice

Explaining away out-group members' positive behaviours and attributing negative behaviours to their dispositions is known as

• A)the scapegoat theory of prejudice.
• B)the just-world bias.
• C)Gause's Law.
• D)group-serving bias.

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