Which is one of the factors Insko and his colleagues have identified as a potential cause of the discontinuity effect?

A) Members are embarrassed to be display hostility before other group members.
B) Members of interacting groups support a norm of tolerance for the outgroup.
C) People do not wish to appear greedy,particularly if the rest of the group is willing to share.
D) People expect intergroup relations to be more unfriendly and aggressive.
E) People do not consider the members of the other group to humans.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The discontinuity effect refers to the finding that intergroup interactions often lead to more competitive or hostile outcomes than interindividual interactions. One of the factors identified by Insko and his colleagues as a potential cause for this effect is that people expect intergroup relations to be more unfriendly and aggressive, which can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy where groups act more competitively or hostilely because they anticipate that the other group will do the same.

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