The Worst-Motive Fallacy: A Study of Motive Attribution and Gender-Based Disposition in a Single-Sex School

This study tested a pioneering negativity bias, "The Worst-Motive Fallacy," along with gender-based disposition. 53 adolescent girls completed one of two forms. (Form B switched genders in one scenario). Participants self-scored themselves as morally superior to targets in all scenarios. Additionally, gender bias was present among the all-female subject pool.