In a well-known study using archival data, researchers Hovland and Sears found that—in the southern U.S., between 1882 and 1930—there was a statistically significant correlation between the market price of cotton and the frequency of interracial lynching incidents. This study has typically been interpreted as supporting ____
a. the contact hypothesis
b. realistic conflict theory
c. social dominance theory
d. scapegoat theory
D
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A) hysteria B) hypochondriac C) hyperactivity D) human
The fact that Shoda, Mischel, and Wright found some summer camp children who
exhibited certain personality traits very consistently in situations with the same psychological features, but differently within the same nominal situation, supports the idea that (a) personality traits have nothing to do with one's disposition, but everything to do with the situation (b) personality traits are similar among people of the same age (c) personality is best thought of as an interaction between traits and situations (d) personality is best thought of as an emotional construct