Concept information
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cross-cultural psychology
multicultural psychology
conceptual issues in multicultural psychology
intergroup relations
Preferred term
intergroup contact theory
Definition
- When people from different groups meet, what are the effects? That is the question that intergroup contact theory sets out to answer. This theory predicts the effects on participants' intergroup attitudes and behavior when members of two distinguishable groups interact. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Intergroup Contact Theory]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/intergroup_contact_theory
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