To Make It Psychologically Easier to Aggress Toward Others, the Aggressor

Multiple Choice

To make it psychologically easier to aggress toward others, the aggressor may blame the victim for imagined wrongs and become convinced that the victim "deserves it." This type of cognition is known as a:

A) self-justification.
B) fundamental attribution error.
C) self-serving bias.
D) self-fulfilling prophecy.