Thomas Pettigrew's Summary of Research on Attribution Theory Found That

question 5

Multiple Choice

Thomas Pettigrew's summary of research on attribution theory found that

• A) individuals are accurate in their perception of the motives of other people's acts, regardless of their in-group or out-group membership.
• B) attribution error is much less common than people think.
• C) individuals commonly distort the motives and acts of people whom they see as out-group members.
• D) when provided with information about out-groups that disproves negative perceptions of them, people quickly alter their perceptions.

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