When asked why he hit the other boy, Sammy said that he thought the other boy was mad at him and was going to hit him. Sammy is demonstrating

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Hostile attribution bias is the tendency to interpret others' behaviors as having hostile intent, even when the behavior is ambiguous or benign. Sammy's assumption that the other boy was going to hit him, despite possibly no clear evidence, is an example of this bias.

When Asked Why He Hit the Other Boy, Sammy Said