Neo overhears loud voices in the apartment next door, and immediately assumes that his neighbours are engaged in a domestic battle.He then talks on the phone with his friend Langa, and learns that his friend had a very bad day: Langa lost his job AND discovered a large dent in his car.Neo jumps to some quick conclusions.'Someone is trying to attack you,' he advises Langa.'They dented your car on purpose.It is probably no accident that you lost your job this week either; someone there is out to get you!' Neo's quick assumptions about others' intentions indicate a ____.
A)Type A attributional bias
B)hostile expectation bias
C)hostile perception bias
D)fundamental attribution error

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Neo's assumptions about his neighbors and about someone intentionally trying to harm Langa suggest a hostile perception bias, where he immediately assumes negative intentions from others without evidence. A Type A attributional bias would involve assuming that someone's behavior is due to their personality or disposition, rather than the situation or context. A hostile expectation bias would involve expecting negative outcomes or intentions from others, while fundamental attribution error would involve attributing someone's behavior to their personality or disposition, rather than situational factors.

Neo Overhears Loud Voices in the Apartment Next Door, and Immediately