Someone who has a hostile attribution bias always believes that others are opposing them. Even when nothing has happened, children who possess this bias turn their thoughts into a self-fulfilling prophecy, which worsens their hostile attribution bias.

Haverford College in Pennsylvania

Dodge's information-processing theory of social problem solving centers on the role of cognitive processes in social behavior.  Dodge's main contribution to this theory was the concept of having a hostile attribution bias.

Dodge's Information-Processing Theory of Social Problem Solving

Siegler, R., Saffran, J. R., Eisenberg, N., Deloache, J., &amp; Gershoff, E. (2017). How Children Develop (5th ed.). Worth Publishers, Inc.

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