What type of bias could lead someone to think another person is being hostile because they tripped and accidentally bumped into them?

The correct choice is related to hostile attribution bias, which refers to the tendency to interpret others' ambiguous behaviors as having hostile intent. In the scenario where someone accidentally trips and bumps into another person, a person influenced by hostile attribution bias might perceive this accidental act as a deliberate and aggressive action rather than an innocent mistake. This cognitive bias leads individuals to view actions in a negative light, attributing malice where none exists.

Hostile perception bias, on the other hand, would involve viewing social interactions as being more aggressive in general, but it doesn't specifically address interpreting an isolated accidental event as hostile. Audience inhibition relates to the reluctance of individuals to take action in a group setting due to fear of judgment, and groupthink refers to a situation where harmony in a group leads to poor decision-making. Neither of these concepts directly relates to misinterpreting a single person's actions as hostile.