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Adam is teaching a new class with a diverse collection of students. To reduce potential prejudice in the classroom, he attempts to get the students working together in groups. If negative attitudes toward different categories of students within the classroom decrease, this approach would be support for the ____ hypothesis.
 
  a. contact
  b. cognitive
  c. concept
  d. construct

Question 2

According to Dr. Seuss, the Star-Belly Sneetches only want to identify with other Star-Belly Sneetches. They consider themselves as being different from Plain-Belly Sneetches and do not identify with them. What principle of prejudice theory is Dr. Seuss illustrating?
 
  a. social categories
  b. distinctiveness theory
  c. confirmation bias
  d. authoritarianism



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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