The "Sinister Attribution Error" Is the Tendency for People to Attribute

question 28

Multiple Choice

The "sinister attribution error" is the tendency for people to attribute malevolent motives to ________.

• A) people who they work with on a regular basis
• B) their immediate superiors in the organization
• C) people they don't know or who represent the out-group
• D) those performing low-skilled work

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