Sherif Believed That Intergroup Harmony Can Turn to Conflict, and Then

question 65

Multiple Choice

Sherif believed that intergroup harmony can turn to conflict, and then ethnocentrism, when:

• A) the groups compete for scarce resources.
• B) an authoritarian leader comes to power.
• C) one group notices that another group exists.
• D) temperatures rise.

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Definitions:

Ocular

Related to the eye or the sense of sight.

Binocular Cue

Visual information taken in by two eyes that enables perception of depth and distance, adding to the sense of three-dimensionality.

Monocular Cue

A depth cue that is available even when the world is viewed with one eye alone, such as size, texture gradient, and linear perspective.

Contralateral Input

The process in neuroscience where sensory information received on one side of the body is processed in the opposite side of the brain.