Question

Which of the following states that interracial interaction between people with equal status in cooperative circumstances will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previously held stereotypes?

a. the contact hypothesis
b. the self-fulfilling prophecy
c. the anomie theory of deviance
d. the exploitation theory of race relations

Answer 1

a. the contact hypothesis

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychological study, the contact hypothesis refers to the concept which indicates that if group members of different races make interpersonal contact more often with each other, conflict and pressure between them can be minimized. Although the contact hypothesis was widely described in terms of racial prejudice, the study discovered that contact may minimize bias toward members of a number of disadvantaged groupings.