Many students in our social psychology courses over the years have complained that Sherif only used generally equivalent White, male, preteens in his study. What would your hypotheses be if we were able to replicate this study using a different type of participant, such as all girls, all poor children, or all adults? What might happen if the participants were not selected to be similar to each other but were allowed to come from different outgroups?
What will be an ideal response?
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a. case study c. cause-effect b. interview d. naturalistic observation
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A) knee B) elbow C) palms D) stomach
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