The hostilities between two racial subgroups of a riverfront community were dramatically reduced when the threat of the river flooding its banks required that they work together to save their town.This best illustrates the impact of
A) social exchange theory.
B) superordinate goals.
C) diffusion of responsibility.
D) the bystander effect.

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The situation described involves the use of a superordinate goal, or a goal that both subgroups can work towards to achieve a common outcome, in order to reduce hostilities between the groups.

The Hostilities Between Two Racial Subgroups of a Riverfront Community