Eight people are participating together in a lab study on group performance. Four people have been labeled as "Group A" and four have been labeled as "Group B". Each person has their group label attached to their shirt. They are asked to allocate some resources for another part of the experiment and to rate the participants on a number of scales. In this study we would expect
A)out-group favouritism
B)a just world effect
C)stereotype threat
D)out-group homogeneity
E)polarization

Question

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Out-group homogeneity effect is likely to occur in this scenario, where members of each group perceive those in the other group as more similar to each other than they are to members of their own group. This is a common phenomenon in group dynamics, where "us vs. them" thinking leads to viewing the out-group as more alike than the in-group.

Eight People Are Participating Together in a Lab Study on Group