bookMar 25, 2011Closed access

When Groups Meet: The Dynamics of Intergroup Contact

University of California, Santa Cruz · University of Massachusetts Amherst

Abstract

1. The Origins of Intergroup Contact Theory. 2. Does Intergroup Contact Typically Reduce Intergroup Prejudice? 3. Do Intergroup Contact Effects Generalize? 4. Are the Effects of Intergroup Contact Universal? 5. When Does Intergroup Contact Reduce Prejudice? 6. How Does Intergroup Contact Reduce Prejudice? 7. Does Intergroup Contact Reduce All Aspects of Prejudice? 8. Does Cross-Group Friendship Play a Special Role in Reducing Prejudice? 9. Does Group Status Moderate Contact Effects? 10. Intergroup Contact as One of Many Predictors of Prejudice. 11. Criticisms of Intergroup Contact Theory. 12. When Intergroup Contact Fails. 13. Summing Up and Looking to the Future.

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Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Prejudice (legal term)
  • Contact hypothesis
  • Contact theory
  • Social psychology
  • Psychology
  • Social contact
  • Friendship
  • Engineering
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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