In a high school troubled by conflict between racial groups,the principal develops a method whereby each student is paired with a student from another group each week.This ___ process results in a drop in tension as students see each other as individuals,rather than group members.
A)decategorization
B)recategorization
C)cross-categorization
D)postcategorization
E)precategorization

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Decategorization is a process of reducing the salience of social categories and emphasizing individual uniqueness. In this scenario, the principal's method of pairing students from different racial groups each week encourages students to see each other as individuals and reduces the importance of group membership. Therefore, the best choice is A) decategorization. Choices B), C), D), and E) are not applicable in this scenario.

In a High School Troubled by Conflict Between Racial Groups,the