Alan Believes That School Administrators Are Overly Critical and Controlling

Multiple Choice

Alan believes that school administrators are overly critical and controlling. Consequently, when the Dean of Students asks to meet with him to discuss what she can do to help him succeed in his classes, he assumes her goal is to coerce him into dropping out of his classes. We might describe Alan's perception as

A) behavioral confirmation.
B) behavioral attribution.
C) behavioral affirmation.
D) behavioral intervention.