Sonya, who believes that people get what they deserve, thinks that Sander is responsible for his getting AIDS because of his lifestyle of abusing intravenous drugs. This phenomenon is known as
A) the scapegoat hypothesis.
B) the ultimate attribution error.
C) implicit association.
D) the just-world hypothesis.
Answer: D
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