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Explore 2 cognitive biases related to this topic.
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Defensive attribution is a bias where people attribute more blame to a perpetrator as the consequences of an accident become more severe, or if they perceive themselves to be similar to the victim.
Social Biases
/ Defensive attribution hypothesis
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The just-world hypothesis is the belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get, leading observers to blame victims and downplay random or unfair suffering.
Social Biases / Belief in fairness and deservingness
/ Belief in a Just World