Mike, a seventh-grader, is on the playground. Mike has started pushing another student around and has punched him twice when a teacher intervenes. Mike tries to explain his aggressiveness by saying,
"I wanted his coat – I was cold." This is an example of ________.
A) hostile attributional bias
B) Type B personality
C) Type A personality
D) instrumental aggression
E) hostile aggression
Answer: D
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