Wei-Shin was mugged while he was walking across campus alone one evening. The event left him with his wallet and identity stolen, and a broken nose and rib. Wei-Shin thinks to himself, "What kind of world is this, where someone will mug a poor college student?" Wei-Shin is having trouble coping because this traumatic event has challenged his ____.
A)attitude accessibility
B)downward comparisons
C)assumptive worlds
D)attitude-behavior consistency

Question

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Wei-Shin is struggling because the mugging incident has challenged his assumptive worlds, which are the fundamental beliefs and assumptions about the world that help individuals make sense of their experiences. The traumatic event has disrupted his belief in a just and safe world, causing him difficulty in coping.

Wei-Shin Was Mugged While He Was Walking Across Campus Alone