After playing a particularly violent video game for a few hours,Tom became involved in a heated discussion with his roommate.When his roommate suddenly stood up to go to another room,thereby ending the discussion,Tom believed that his roommate was about to attack him.This misinterpretation of his roommate's actions is probably due to ________.

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The hostile expectation bias refers to the tendency to perceive ambiguous or neutral actions of others as hostile or aggressive due to a heightened sensitivity to and expectation of threat, which can be heightened by exposure to violent media. Therefore, Tom's misinterpretation of his roommate's action as an attack may be due to this bias.

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