A Community Member Reports Seeing a Spaceship the Night Before

question 150

Multiple Choice

A community member reports seeing a spaceship the night before crop circles were discovered in a local farmer's field.Suddenly,multiple members of the community are reporting that they have seen spaceships in other areas of the county.They are convinced that aliens are making the crop circles.This is an example of

• A)a fundamental attribution error.
• B)an urban legend.
• C)a collective delusion.
• D)the need to belong theory.

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