Question

The belief that people who dislike one another will get along if they get to know one another is known as the ____.

a. cooperation assumption
b. equal status theory
c. contact hypothesis
d. Robbers Cave conclusion

(APEX)

Answer 1

The belief that people who dislike one another will get along if they get to know one another is known as the ":

C. Contact Hypothesis.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: C) contact hypothesis.

Gordon Allport, an American psychologist, devised the Contact Hypothesis, which suggests that individuals within a certain group, can reduce prejudice between the members when they are under appropiate conditions for them to get to know each other better.