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David is a 10-year-old boy During recess, David is hit in the head by a kickball, leaving mud and grass stains on his face and shirt

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David is a 10-year-old boy During recess, David is hit in the head by a kickball, leaving mud and grass stains on his face and shirt. He notices that the ball was kicked by Goliath, an older and larger boy who was playing kickball with his friends nearby. According to social information–processing theory, what steps will David go through to solve this social problem? If David showed a hostile attributional bias in his problem-solving, how might he interpret and respond to the situation?