Neo Overhears Loud Voices in the Apartment Next Door, and Immediately

question 47

Multiple Choice

Neo overhears loud voices in the apartment next door, and immediately assumes that his neighbours are engaged in a domestic battle.He then talks on the phone with his friend Langa, and learns that his friend had a very bad day: Langa lost his job AND discovered a large dent in his car.Neo jumps to some quick conclusions.'Someone is trying to attack you,' he advises Langa.'They dented your car on purpose.It is probably no accident that you lost your job this week either; someone there is out to get you!' Neo's quick assumptions about others' intentions indicate a ____.

• A)Type A attributional bias
• B)hostile expectation bias
• C)hostile perception bias
• D)fundamental attribution error

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