"Prejudice Is Created by People's Need to Enhance or Restore

question 595

Multiple Choice

"Prejudice is created by people's need to enhance or restore their self-esteem" is argued by the theory called the ___________________ theory.

• A)negative state relief
• B)self-enhancement
• C)realistic conflict
• D)social identity

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Definitions:

Hypothesized Reason

An assumed explanation underlying an observed phenomenon or a prediction in research, subject to testing.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, usually denoted as alpha (α).

Null Hypothesis

The assumption for a statistical test that there is no association between two observed phenomena or no difference among groups.

Population

In statistics, this term refers to the entire group of individuals or instances about which you are interested in making conclusions.