Scapegoat theory proposes that ____
a. people are far more likely to take the credit when they encounter successes than they are to take the blame when they encounter failures
b. people blame their problems and misfortunes on outgroups, and therefore hold negative attitudes toward those outgroups
c. people attend more to information that supports their existing views than they do to information that disconfirms their existing views
d. compared to positive stereotypes, negative stereotypes are more easily adopted and have greater staying power
B
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