The Importance of Perceived Competence

I think this also helps us make sense of Alport's contact hypothesis like some people interpret that is it's just about you know just think together but it's really about working collaboratively to a shared goal. When when people then realize hey these other people are great for our goal exactly right they respect and revere them. That's why for instance the US military integrated more racially than any other institution in the U.S. I mean there's a certain arbitrariness cultural development of who was more influential and got their word in first, he says.