Many school districts in the United States have begun requiring students to wear uniforms because uniforms help
a. create more individuating information that reduces prejudice.
b. create equal-status competition among the students.
c. minimize status inequalities and in-group/out-group distinctions.
d. minimize the occurrence of superordinate goals within cliques.
ANSWER: c
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