Thomas Pettigrew’s summary of research on attribution theory found that

A. individuals are accurate in their perception of the motives of other people’s acts, regardless of their in-group or out-group membership.
B. attribution error is much less common than people think.
C. individuals commonly distort the motives and acts of people whom they see as out-group members.
D. when provided with information about out-groups that disproves negative perceptions of them, people quickly alter their perceptions.


Answer: C

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