Shaun Is Angry at the Way a Coworker Has Treated

question 103

Multiple Choice

Shaun is angry at the way a coworker has treated him.Shaun feels justified in his anger because "surely,anybody would feel the same way if the same thing happened to them." This example reveals Shaun's susceptibility to the:

• A)halo effect.
• B)assumed-similarity bias.
• C)self-serving bias.
• D)fundamental attribution error.

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