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:

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The assumed-similarity bias refers to the tendency for people to assume that others are similar to them in terms of attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. In this case, Shaun believes that anyone would feel the same way he does, which is an example of this bias. The other options do not fit this scenario as well. The halo effect refers to the tendency to form overall impressions of others based on a single trait or characteristic. The self-serving bias refers to the tendency to attribute success to internal factors and failure to external factors. The fundamental attribution error refers to the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for others' behavior and underemphasize situational (external) explanations.

Shaun Is Angry at the Way a Coworker Has Treated