TY - JOUR
T1 - The contact hypothesis revisited
T2 - Status bias in the reduction of implicit prejudice in the United States and Lebanon
AU - Henry, P. J.
AU - Hardin, Curtis D.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Although 50 years of research demonstrate that friendly intergroup contact reduces intergroup prejudice, the findings are based solely on self-reported, explicit prejudice. In two parallel experiments examining intergroup contact and prejudice - between Whites and Blacks in the United States (Experiment 1) and between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon (Experiment 2) - we examined whether intergroup status differences moderate contact effects on implicit prejudice, as well as explicit prejudice. Both experiments replicated the standard effect of contact on explicit prejudice. They also demonstrated that intergroup contact reduces implicit prejudice among low-status groups. In Experiment 1, the implicit prejudice of Blacks toward Whites (but not Whites toward Blacks) was reduced as a function of friendly contact. In Experiment 2, the implicit prejudice of Muslims toward Christians (but not Christians toward Muslims) was reduced as a function of friendly contact.
AB - Although 50 years of research demonstrate that friendly intergroup contact reduces intergroup prejudice, the findings are based solely on self-reported, explicit prejudice. In two parallel experiments examining intergroup contact and prejudice - between Whites and Blacks in the United States (Experiment 1) and between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon (Experiment 2) - we examined whether intergroup status differences moderate contact effects on implicit prejudice, as well as explicit prejudice. Both experiments replicated the standard effect of contact on explicit prejudice. They also demonstrated that intergroup contact reduces implicit prejudice among low-status groups. In Experiment 1, the implicit prejudice of Blacks toward Whites (but not Whites toward Blacks) was reduced as a function of friendly contact. In Experiment 2, the implicit prejudice of Muslims toward Christians (but not Christians toward Muslims) was reduced as a function of friendly contact.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01795.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01795.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17100786
AN - SCOPUS:33750804384
SN - 0956-7976
VL - 17
SP - 862
EP - 868
JO - Psychological Science
JF - Psychological Science
IS - 10
ER -