Which of the following is an unfortunate outcome of the use of group membership to provide social respect?
A. We may start to view the members of outgroups as superior to the members of our ingroup.
B. We may come to think that our ingroup is better than the groups to which we don't belong.
C. We may inflate the negative aspects of our ingroup and, at the same time, devalue outgroups.
D. We may start to harbor prejudice against the members of our ingroup and inflate the positive aspects of outgroups.
Answer: B
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