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

Decategorization

The process of reducing the salience of group categories in interactions, leading to perceptions of others more as individuals than as members of a group.

Recategorization

The process of changing the way groups are categorized, often aimed at reducing prejudice by viewing individuals as part of a larger, inclusive group.

Cross-Categorization

The classification of individuals into multiple overlapping categories or groups based on their characteristics or attributes, which can reduce the effects of stereotyping and prejudice.