Scapegoat Theory Proposes That ____

question 155

Multiple Choice

Scapegoat theory proposes that ____.

• A) people are far more likely to take the credit when they encounter successes than they are to take the blame when they encounter failures
• B) people blame their problems and misfortunes on outgroups, and therefore hold negative attitudes toward those outgroups
• C) people attend more to information that supports their existing views than they do to information that disconfirms their existing views
• D) compared to positive stereotypes, negative stereotypes are more easily adopted and have greater staying power

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