Author Question: Which of the following findings has been most frequently interpreted as evidence for scapegoat ... (Read 114 times)

lracut11 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following findings has been most frequently interpreted as evidence for scapegoat theory?

a. The finding that people often state that they are not prejudiced against certain groups, but display prejudice when they are assessed indirectly
b. Hovland and Sears's finding thatin the southern U.S., between 1882 and 1930there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents
c. Sherif's findingbased on his research with two groups of 11-year-old boys camping at Robber's Cavethat the groups became prejudiced against one another when required to compete but friendly toward one another when required to work together to achieve common goals
d. Tajfel's finding that ingroup favoritism occurs even when people are randomly assigned to groups and have no prior attachment to them

Question 2

Movies with R ratings tend to be more appealing to children and teens than similar movies with G or PG ratings. This finding is good evidence of ____.

a. error management theory
b. self-monitoring theory
c. reactance theory
d. temporal bias