Your best friend has been acting rather cool toward you lately. As you try to figure out why, you are engaging in the process called:
a) attribution.
b) cognitive dissonance.
c) stereotyping.
d) convergent thinking.
ANS: A, You are coming up with explanations for your friend's behavior.
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