Discuss the contact hypothesis, its potential effects on intergroup attitudes and anxiety, and how it achieves those effects
What will be an ideal response?
The contact hypothesis is the view that increased contact between members of various social groups can be effective in reducing prejudice between them. Increased contact between people from different groups can lead to a growing recognition of similarities between them, which can change the categorizations that people employ.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. ?It dictates the formation of social bonds. b. ?It stimulates competition and ingenuity. c. ?It fosters ambition and perseverance. d. ?It prevents the waste of precious energy resources.
Nietzsche believed that:
a. all human behavior is determined. b. life without the restraints of religion is certain to be chaotic. c. people are their own creation. d. the only free people are artists.
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a. DMTS b. MTSD c. MTS d. the extinction method