The Take-Home Message from the Research on the Extended Contact

question 100

Multiple Choice

The take-home message from the research on the extended contact hypothesis is

• A) if you make the effort to become friends with a member of an out-group it can have far-reaching positive effects.
• B) extended contact between ethnic groups lead to competition for resources, derogation, and discrimination against the competing group.
• C) extended contact causes members of an out-group to experience fear that they'll behave in a manner that confirms existing stereotypes.
• D) there is no relationship between cross-group friendships and levels of prejudice.
• E) extended contact enhances the in-group bias of both groups.

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