Enacting Cultural Interests: How Intergroup Contact Reduces Prejudice by Sparking Interest in an Out-Group's Culture

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1947-1957

  Brannon, Tiffany N ^a   Walton, Gregory M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; intergroup dynamics; interpersonal interaction; prejudice; sociocultural factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDES; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERGROUP DYNAMICS; INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDES; INTERGROUP DYNAMICS; INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION; PREJUDICE; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RACISM; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885342275     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613481607     Document Type: Article

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