Shortly after Alex learned that he had failed to make the high school football team,he vandalized the team's locker room and broke several classroom windows. His behavior is best explained in terms of

A) hindsight bias.
B) the mere exposure effect.
C) the other-race effect.
D) the frustration-aggression principle.

Frustration-Aggression Principle

A psychological theory suggesting that aggression is caused by blocking, or frustrating, a person's efforts to achieve a goal.

Mere Exposure Effect

The phenomenon by which people tend to develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have predicted or expected the outcome, also known as the "knew-it-all-along" effect.