______ is the prediction that the more intergroup contact Whites have with members of racial/ethnic minority groups, the less likely they are to be prejudiced.

A. Discrimination hypothesis
B. Racialization theory
C. Contact hypothesis
D. Conflict theory


Answer: C

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