As he sipped a $20 cocktail at the bar of a five-star restaurant, Jevon watched the television where a news story about a man who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for committing a crime was being covered
He thought to himself, "That guy sure deserved what he got. Why can't he be like me? If you're a good person and you play by the rules, you get rewarded. When you are a bad person, you get what you deserve!" Jevon is demonstrating the __________ hypothesis.
a. in-group/out-group
b. mere exposure
c. just-world
d. Pygmalion
Answer: C
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