Attribution Theory is useful in explaining the sources of group conflict. All of the following answers are examples of how attributions can prompt anger among group members EXCEPT

a) what other members do seems abnormal.
b) what other members do seems unfair.
c) what other members do seems to constrain what I want to do.
d) what other members do seems intended to harm me or others.
e) what other members do seems to reflect member needs.


ANS: e

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