______________________ is the tendency to believe that bad actions by outgroup members occur because of their internal dispositions and good actions by them occur because of the situation, while believing the reverse for ingroup members.

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The description fits the definition of the ultimate attribution error, which is the tendency to attribute negative actions by outgroup members to their internal dispositions but positive actions to situational factors, while doing the opposite for ingroup members. Ingroup bias (A) refers to favoring members of one's own group, outgroup derogation (B) refers to the negative evaluation of members of an outgroup, and system justification (D) refers to the belief that existing social systems are fair and legitimate.

______________________ Is the Tendency to Believe That Bad Actions by Outgroup