Shayna's parents demanded that she obey them and other authority figures without question. This led Shayna to notice the status of others and to demand respect from anyone with lower status. Eventually Shayna formed stereotypes about people of lower status and became prejudiced against most of them. This scenario is consistent with the development of the

A. authoritarian personality.
B. contact hypothesis.
C. ingroup theory.
D. unified other-schema tendency.


Answer: A

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