The Tendency for People to Perceive Ambiguous Actions by Others

question 65

Multiple Choice

The tendency for people to perceive ambiguous actions by others as evidence of hostility is known as the ____.

• A)hostile attribution bias
• B)ultimate attribution error
• C)fundamental attribution error
• D)Type A attributional style

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