Jayson Is Walking Down a Busy Sidewalk, When Someone Going

question 156

Multiple Choice

Jayson is walking down a busy sidewalk, when someone going the opposite direction bumps into him. Jayson thinks the person meant to bump him to be rude. Jayson is MOST clearly exhibiting the ____.

• A)hostile attribution bias
• B)hostile expectation bias
• C)hostile perception bias
• D)indirect perception bias

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Definitions:

Attribution Theory

A concept in psychology that explains how individuals infer the causes of their own and others' behavior.

Explanations

The process of making something clear or understandable, often used to describe how phenomena occur or why they are as they are.

Behaviors

Observable actions or reactions of an individual, often in response to the environment or stimuli.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.