Combined Effects of Intergroup Contact and Multiple Categorization: Consequences for Intergroup Attitudes in Diverse Social Contexts

The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 297-321

  Schmid, Katharina ^a   Hewstone, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categorizations, making recategorization an unrealistic possibility; Combined effects of intergroup contact and multiple categorization; Diversity, intergroup contact and outgroup attitudes intergroup contact theory; Diversity, multiple categorization and intergroup attitudes; Intergroup contact and multiple categorization combined effects; Intergroup contact diverse context implications; Interventions; Social psychological approaches in prejudice reduction and attitude change, allowing an optimistic outlook; Theoretical background to intergroup contact approaches and diverse social contexts; Threat and contact theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886154965     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444325447.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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