Dismissing outgroup members' positive behaviors and attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions is known as
A) defensive pessimism.
B) the just-world bias.
C) intragroup discrimination.
D) group-serving bias.

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Group-serving bias is the tendency to attribute positive behaviors of ingroup members to their dispositions and negative behaviors to external factors, while attributing outgroup members' positive behaviors to external factors and negative behaviors to their dispositions.

Dismissing Outgroup Members' Positive Behaviors and Attributing Negative Behaviors to Their