Erica intensely dislikes a particular coworker and seems only to notice her negative qualities. For example, when the coworker i
s late for work but happens to bring in donuts, Erica assumes that the coworker brought donuts because he knew he was going to be late and is trying to deflect attention his lateness. It does not occur to her that her coworker is late because he stopped to buy donuts. Erica’s conclusions illustrate ____.
According to my research on studies conducted by various psychologists, I can say that based on the information provided within the question Erica's conclusion illustrates Confirmation Bias. This term refers to when an individual focuses on searching for, interpreting, favoring, or recalling information in such a way that agrees with that individuals prior belief or hypothesis. Which is why Erica believes that he is using the donuts as an excuse, it is to affirm her feelings of dislike towards that co-worker.
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In my opinion it makes the most sense.. I searched definition of all of them and verbal irony seemed more accurate. According to the definition I found of verbal irony it states, "verbal irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another" :-) hoped this helped a bit
