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The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice.
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The extended contact hypothesis as mentioned in this paper proposes that knowledge that an in-group member has a close relationship with an outgroup member can lead to more positive intergroup attitudes, and four methodologically diverse studies to demonstrate the phenomenon.Abstract:
The extended contact hypothesis proposes that knowledge that an in-group member has a close relationship with an out-group member can lead to more positive intergroup attitudes. Proposed mechanisms are the in-group or out-group member serving as positive exemplars and the inclusion of the out-group member's group membership in the self. In Studies I and 2, respondents knowing an in-group member with an out-group friend had less negative attitudes toward that out-group, even controlling for disposition.il variables and direct out-group friendships. Study 3, with constructed intergroup-conflict situations (on the robbers cave model). found reduced negative out-group attitudes after participants learned of cross-group friendships. Study 4, a minimal group experiment, showed less negative out-group attitudes for participants observing an apparent in-group-out-group friendship. The intergroup contact hypothesis (Allport, 1954; Williams, 1947) proposes that under a given set of circumstances contact between members of different groups reduces existing negative intergroup attitudes. Some recent research (reviewed below) suggests that the effect may be most clearly associated with the specific contact of a friendship relationship. The extended contact hypothesis, which we introduce here, proposes that knowledge that an in-group member has a close relationship with an out-group member can lead to more positive intergroup attitudes. This article presents the rationale for the extended contact effect, including three mechanisms by which it may operate, and four methodologically diverse studies to demonstrate the phenomenon.read more
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Direct contact and authoritarianism as moderators between extended contact and reduced prejudice Lower threat and greater trust as mediators
Kristof Dhont,Alain Van Hiel +1 more
TL;DR: The authors investigated the moderating influence of direct contact and authoritarianism on the potential of extended contact to reduce prejudice and found that the third-order moderation effect was also significant, revealing that extended contact has the strongest effect among high authoritarians.
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Finding the Faithless: Perceived Atheist Prevalence Reduces Anti-Atheist Prejudice
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Does self-control improve with practice? Evidence from a six-week training program.
Eleanor Miles,Paschal Sheeran,Harriet M. Baird,Ian A. Macdonald,Thomas L. Webb,Peter R. Harris +5 more
TL;DR: There was no effect of training on any measure of self-control and the implication is that training self- control through repeated practice does not result in generalized improvements inSelf-control.
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Multiple Conflicts and Competing Agendas: A Framework for Conceptualizing Structured Encounters Between Groups in Conflict-The Case of a Coexistence Project of Jews and Palestinians in Israel
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Intergroup Contact in a Divided Society: Challenging Segregation in Northern Ireland
Miles Hewstone,Ed Cairns,Alberto Voci,Stefania Paolini,Frances McLernon,Richard J. Crisp,Ulrike Niens,Jean Craig +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus specifically on the exclusion in the form of the religious segregation that lies at the heart of Northern Irish society and, they argue, its problems, focusing specifically on exclusion.
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