In a Well-Known Study Using Archival Data, Researchers Hovland and Sears

question 114

Multiple Choice

In a well-known study using archival data, researchers Hovland and Sears found that-in the southern U.S., between 1882 and 1930-there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents. This study has typically been interpreted as supporting ____.

• A) the contact hypothesis
• B) realistic conflict theory
• C) social dominance theory
• D) scapegoat theory

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