Imagining intergroup contact promotes projection to outgroups

By S. Stathi, R. Crisp. 2008

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Three studies investigated the conditions under which imagining intergroup contact would lead to greater projection of positive traits to outgroups. In Experiment 1 (Mexico) imagined contact predicted greater self-outgroup positive trait overlap for majority but not minority ethnic groups. In Experiment 2 (UK) imagined contact led to greater projection of positive traits to the outgroup for lower compared to higher identifiers. In Experiment 3 (UK) imagined contact led to greater projection of positive traits to the outgroup when the self was salient compared to when the outgroup was salient. These findings suggest that the social cognitive consequences of imagined contact are most favorable for intergroup relations when the personal self, but not social self, is salient. We discuss the implications of these findings for a developing model of imagined contact effects.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Imagined Contact Hypothesis (2012, methodology): “…that imagined contact can improve explicit attitudinal evaluations of a range of outgroups, including Mexicans’ attitudes towards Mestizos in Mexico (Stathi & Crisp, 2008), non-Muslims attitudes towards Muslims (Husnu & Crisp, 2010a, Experiment 2; Turner & Crisp, 2010b, Experiment 1; Turner &…”
Vicarious intergroup contact effects (2011, background): “Imagining having a positive cross-group interaction can decrease in-group bias and can lead to social projection of positive traits onto the out-group (Stathi & Crisp, 2008; Turner, Crisp, & Lambert, 2007).”
From imagery to intention: A dual route model of imagined contact effects (2010, methodology): “…included the phrase ‘‘imagine that you find out some interesting and unexpected things about the stranger’’ (R. Turner et al., 2007a; Experiments 2 and 3) or ‘‘interesting and positive things’’ (Stathi & Crisp, 2008; Experiments 1 and 3), but sometimes not (Stathi & Crisp, 2008, Experiment 2).”
Improving intergroup relations through direct, extended and other forms of indirect contact (2011, background): “Imagined contact reduces bias toward elderly persons and gay men (Turner et al., 2007) and leads to more positive perceptions of the attributes of other ethnic and national groups (Husnu & Crisp, 2010; Stathi & Crisp, 2008).”
Confidence in Contact: A New Perspective on Promoting Cross-Group Friendship Among Children and Adolescents (2016, unknown): “Imagined contact is, for example, more effective if the interaction is positive (Stathi & Crisp, 2008) and does not confirm existing negative stereotypes (West et al., 2011).”
Imagined contact as a prejudice‐reduction intervention in schools: the underlying role of similarity and attitudes (2014, background): “…on imagined contact with adults has demonstrated that the effects of the technique are not a result of demand characteristics (Turner & Crisp, 2010), informational load and mere exposure to the out-group (Turner, Crisp, et al., 2007), and nonrelevant imagined interaction (Stathi & Crisp, 2008).”
Improving implicit and explicit intergroup attitudes using imagined contact: An experimental intervention with elementary school children (2012, background): “Turner and Crisp (2010) provided initial evidence that imagined contact can reduce implicit prejudice in adults, assessed with an IAT (Greenwald et al.”
Behavioural consequences of imagining intergroup contact with stigmatized outgroups (2012, background): “…research found similar effects of imagined contact on attitudes toward people of different ethnicities and nationalities (Husnu & Crisp, 2010b; Stathi & Crisp, 2008) people of different religions (Husnu & Crisp, 2010a; Turner & Crisp, 2010) and even people with certain mental disorders (West…”
Can imagined interactions produce positive perceptions? Reducing prejudice through simulated social contact. (2009, background): “To rule out this possibility, an experiment tested whether imagined contact has benefits (for perceptions of French targets by British participants) because of the identity of the target or just because of the interactive nature of the imagined scene (Stathi & Crisp, 2008, Experiment 2).”