Barry is a macho type, and was not sympathetic when reading a police report about a young woman being hospitalised after a sexual assault at a gang party. 'She would have had it coming to her', he thinks. This is an example of:

A) the just-world hypothesis.
B) new-look prejudice.
C) a normative influence.
D) the modelling effect.

Just-World Hypothesis

According to Lerner and Miller, people need to believe that the world is a just place where they get what they deserve. As evidence of undeserved suffering undermines this belief, people may conclude that victims deserve their fate.

Normative Influence

An influence to conform to the positive expectation of others, to gain social approval or to avoid social disapproval.

Modelling Effect

The process by which individuals learn behaviors, norms, or attitudes by observing the actions of others, often significant in social learning theory.