As Nina and Erin were eating lunch in the Central High School student cafeteria, they were discussing the news coverage about the girls' athletic coach being arrested for selling steroids to student athletes. "I think the guy just did it because they don't pay teachers enough money," Nina suggested. "I bet the guy had some other kind of drug addiction he was trying to pay for," Erin countered. Nina and Erin's ideas about the cause of the coach's drug-selling behavior are examples of:

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Nina and Erin's ideas about the cause of the coach's behavior are attributions, which refer to people's explanations for the causes of events or behaviors. Option B) hindsight bias refers to the tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted or foreseen an outcome after the outcome is already known. Option C) stereotype threat refers to the concern or anxiety people may experience when they fear they will be judged or treated stereotypically based on their group membership. Option D) implicit cognitions refers to the unconscious or automatic mental processes that influence our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. None of these options accurately describe Nina and Erin's conversation.

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