While walking down a street,Jonathon accidentally bumps into Jessica who is highly aggressive.She starts yelling at him and hits him because she feels that he bumped into her intentionally.This scenario best exemplifies _____.

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This scenario best exemplifies a hostile attributional bias, which is the tendency to interpret ambiguous behaviors of others as intentionally harmful. In this case, Jessica is interpreting Jonathon's accidental bump as intentional and reacting aggressively.

While Walking Down a Street,Jonathon Accidentally Bumps into Jessica Who