Explaining away out-group members' positive behaviours and attributing negative behaviours to their dispositions is known as
A)the scapegoat theory of prejudice.
B)the just-world bias.
C)Gause's Law.
D)group-serving bias.

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This phenomenon is known as group-serving bias, which is the tendency to make internal attributions for positive behaviors exhibited by in-group members and external attributions for negative behaviors exhibited by out-group members.

Explaining Away Out-Group Members' Positive Behaviours and Attributing Negative Behaviours