When groups meet : he dynamics of intergroup contact
Presents a comprehensive overview of classic and contemporary work on intergroup contact, combining an extensive meta-analysis of 515 published studies on the topic with the authors' renowned research. This volume provides researchers, students and professionals in social psychology with a sour...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New YorkbPsychology Press ,
c2011
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| Series: | Essays in social psychology
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Table of Contents:
- 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