When Tom sees his friends sitting in the sun drinking, he sees them relaxing. When he sees out-group members doing the same, he sees their behavior as lazy and shiftless. This is an example of:

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This is an example of negative interpretation, where Tom interprets the same behavior differently based on whether the individuals are part of his in-group (friends) or out-group, assigning a negative trait (laziness) to the out-group for the same behavior he sees positively in his in-group (relaxing).

When Tom Sees His Friends Sitting in the Sun Drinking