In accord with the hostile attributional bias, reactive aggressors are likely to hostile intent to a harm-doer when .

This question lacks options, options are:

A. Overattribute; the harmdoer's intent is ambiguous

B. Underattribute; the harmdoer's intent is benign

C. overattribute; the harmdoer's intent is hostile

D. none of these

The correct answer is A.

In accord with the hostile attributional bias, reactive aggressors are likely to overattribute hostile intent to a harm-doer when the harmdoer's intent is ambiguous.

Explanation:

In social psychology attribution is understood as the process of inferring the causes of events or behaviors. The hostile attribution bias is related to behavior problems, it is when the behaviors of others are interpreted for having hostile intentions. When faced with the ambiguity of a conflict, aggressive people use an attributional bias, these reactive people use a hostile attribution bias, thinking that others are hostile towards them. This causes them to be rejected, which accentuates their bias.