The belief that one's own ethnic group, nation, or religion is superior to all others is called:

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The belief that one's own ethnic group, nation, or religion is superior to all others is called ethnocentrism. Option A, self-serving bias, is the tendency to overestimate our own skills and attributes while underestimating those of others. Option C, the fundamental attribution error, involves the tendency to explain others' behavior based on internal, dispositional factors while downplaying situational factors. Option D, entrapment, refers to the phenomenon where individuals continue to invest time or resources in a situation or decision that is failing because they have already invested so much time or resources.

The Belief That One's Own Ethnic Group, Nation, or Religion