Suppose That Herman Is Prejudiced Toward Members of Group A Increasing

question 57

Multiple Choice

Suppose that Herman is prejudiced toward members of Group A. Increasing Herman's contact with Group A is most likely to reduce his prejudice if __________.

• A) he develops a friendship with one member of Group A, but never meets any other members of this group
• B) his basketball team often plays other teams that have lots of Group A members
• C) he volunteers to help build a house for Habitat for Humanity, and several of his coworkers are members of Group A. At the end of the day, he and all the other workers often go out to dinner together
• D) he gets a job with a company that hires lots of Group A members. Herman has a management position, whereas all of the Group A workers have lower status jobs

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