Two Neighboring Nations Are Each Stockpiling Weapons

question 500

Multiple Choice

Two neighboring nations are each stockpiling weapons. Each sees its neighbor's actions as an act of aggression and its own actions as self-defense. Evidently, these nations are victims of

• A) prejudice.
• B) groupthink.
• C) self-serving bias.
• D) the fundamental attribution error.

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