Roger Overhears Loud Voices in the Apartment Next Door and Immediately

question 76

Multiple Choice

Roger overhears loud voices in the apartment next door and immediately assumes that his neighbors are engaged in a domestic battle. He then talks on the phone with his friend Lamont and learns that his friend had a very bad day: Lamont lost his job AND discovered a large dent in his car. Roger jumps to some quick conclusions. "Someone is trying to attack you," he advises Lamont. "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!" Roger'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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