Mary's Mother Is a Non-Smoker and She Believes That the Government

question 317

Multiple Choice

Mary's mother is a non-smoker and she believes that the government should cut health care benefits to anyone who does smoke because they are responsible for any health problems they might experience-they deserve what happens to them. This is an example of

• A)the fundamental attribution error
• B)the equal status effect
• C)the just world hypothesis
• D)out-group homogeneity bias
• E)misattribution

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