A small town experiences a wave of anti-minority group violence in the weeks following the announcement of massive layoffs at the local factory. These incidents would be consistent with the predictions of ______.

A. selective perception
B. contact hypothesis
C. the cognitive stereotype hypothesis
D. the scapegoat hypothesis


Answer: D

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