| The irony of harmony: intergroup contact can produce false expectations for equality. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 19152543 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Positive intergroup contact has been a guiding framework for research on reducing intergroup tension and for interventions aimed at that goal. We propose that beyond improving attitudes toward the out-group, positive contact affects disadvantaged-group members' perceptions of intergroup inequality in ways that can undermine their support for social change toward equality. In Study 1, participants were assigned to either high- or low-power experimental groups and then brought together to discuss either commonalities between the groups or intergroup differences. Commonality-focused contact, relative to difference-focused contact, produced heightened expectations for fair (i.e., egalitarian) out-group behavior among members of disadvantaged groups. These expectations, however, proved unrealistic when compared against the actions of members of the advantaged groups. Participants in Study 2 were Israeli Arabs (a disadvantaged minority) who reported the amount of positive contact they experienced with Jews. More positive intergroup contact was associated with increased perceptions of Jews as fair, which in turn predicted decreased support for social change. Implications for social change are considered. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Tamar Saguy; Nicole Tausch; John F Dovidio; Felicia Pratto |
Related Documents
:
|
7696663 - Family and community support for urban adolescent mothers. 9716433 - Perceived social support and abdominal fat distribution in adolescents and young adults... 15311983 - The structure of child and adolescent psychopathology: generating new hypotheses. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Psychological science Volume: 20 ISSN: 1467-9280 ISO Abbreviation: Psychol Sci Publication Date: 2009 Jan |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2009-01-20 Completed Date: 2009-05-11 Revised Date: 2011-05-20 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 9007542 Medline TA: Psychol Sci Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 114-21 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Psychology, Yale University, Box 208205, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA. tamar.saguy@yale.edu |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Arabs / psychology Attitude Culture* Female Humans Jews / psychology Male Minority Groups / psychology* Power (Psychology)* Prejudice* Reality Testing Social Behavior* Social Change Social Distance* Social Identification* Social Perception Young Adult |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Effects of aging on functional connectivity of the amygdala for subsequent memory of negative pictur...
Next Document: On the presumption of evidentiary independence: can confessions corrupt eyewitness identifications?