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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"contact hypothesis"”.
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The contact hypothesis and racial diversity in the United States Military
This study explains the application of the Contact Hypothesis in the discussion of racial diversity in the United States military. The purpose of this study is to explore soldiers' racial experiences in an ethnically diverse military. The Contact Hypothesis, also known as the Intergroup Contact …
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Applying the contact hypothesis to a study of intergroup relations in a postgraduate class at a South African university
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-61).
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The Context of Contact: White Attitudes Toward Interracial Marriage
… approval of interracial marriage. I utilize the contact hypothesis, as originally formulated by Gordon Allport, to develop a conceptual model of White's attitudes toward interracial marriage. Specifically I propose and develop an additional dimension of the contact hypothesis, which accounts for …
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An examination of the relationship between students' interaction with host nationals while on study abroad and their development of intercultural sensitivity
… theoretical base was drawn from Allport's (1954) contact hypothesis. The researcher used the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (Chen & Starosta, 2000), items revised from previous studies concerning interaction with difference, and demographic items. The sample consisted of 60 undergraduate students …
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The spaces between us : a spatial analysis of racial segregation amongst university students
The contact hypothesis asserts that contact between groups can lead to a reduction in prejudiced attitudes if such contact occurs under favourable conditions. Yet, in desegregated settings where a fair amount of interracial contact is expected to occur, the problem of "illusory contact" persists. …
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Intergroup Contact and Housing Selection of United States Study Abroad Students
… by Allport (1954; Nature of Prejudice), the contact hypothesis has expanded beyond understanding the relationship between intergroup contact and prejudice reduction (Zuma, 2014). The contact hypothesis has also been used to understand the relationship between intergroup contact and …
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Cross-group friendships and skin tone perceptions
<p>George Allport (1954) coined the term contact hypothesis to explain the relationship between intragroup friendships/interactions and perceptions toward that group. Allport’s hypothesis had been scrutinized as an intervention for reducing prejudices and biases against groups who collectively …
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Forgiveness in Northern Ireland : a qualitative approach to building a theoretical model
… relationship between empathy, cross-community contact, and religiosity and the impact on forgiveness for Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Based on the existing literature, three distinct guiding questions emerged: 1) "How are members from the Catholic and Protestant communities …
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Prejudice, contact and attitude change in South Africa : a study of integrated schools in the Western Cape
… the principles of Social Identity Theory and the Contact Hypothesis, this study investigated the relationship between levels of integration and racial prejudice in former Model C, desegregated schools. The sample consisted of 1119 black African, 'Coloured', Afrikaans speaking white and …
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Perceptions of false confessions: Reducing prejudice toward exonerees through the use of educational materials
… are discussed within the context of Allport’s contact hypothesis and explore the implications for exonerees who falsely confess.
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Intercultural Competence: A Quantitative Study of the Significance of Intercultural Competence and the Influence of College Experiences on Students' Intercultural Competence Development
… in light of the concept of culture and the contact hypothesis. Person-environment interaction theory and college impact theories were incorporated as theoretical foundations for the operationalization of this research. The development of students' intercultural competence was examined from …
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Dealing with cultural diversity: An empirical test of a causal model of intergroup relations
… integration of some variables related to the contact hypothesis (Amir, 1969; Miller & Brewer, 1984). A subset of the variables and their inter-relations described by Triandis (1992) was tested using a structural equation modelling approach. Specifically, the study looked at perceived cultural …
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Faculty attitudes toward intercollegiate athletics and student athletes
… was utilized. Second, Allport's Contact Hypothesis was tested. Third, Sumner's notion of the in-group was incorporated. Types of analysis used were Chi square, regression, and Pearson r correlation. The analysis revealed several interesting things. The initial finding was that …
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Discerning the other: political prejudice and intergroup contact
… prejudice has been Gordon Allport’s intergroup contact hypothesis. Allport suggested that contact between groups who see themselves as equals with common interests, common goals, and the support of cultural institutions are more likely to reduce prejudice between said groups. But while this …
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The impact of television viewing on young adults' stereotypes towards Hispanic Americans
… of television viewing and interpersonal contact on young adults' stereotypes towards Hispanic Americans. White American undergraduate students (N = 231) at a small private university in the western United States completed an anonymous self-administered group questionnaire. Regression …
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Attitudes of disabled people toward other disabled people and impairment groups
… that are disablist, i.e. segregated housing. The contact hypothesis, whereby contact with members of a minority group influence attitudes, was not supported by the data. This thesis recommends further research into subtle forms of prejudice toward disabled people from an in-group perspective and …
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Intractable Intra-Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of Offa-Erinle Conflict, Kwara State, Nigeria.
… Erinle. The study relied on the tenets of the contact hypothesis framework developed by Gordon Allport (1956) and Forbes (1997) and their suggestions on ways to transform hostile relationships. The methodological approach employed in the study involved collecting and analyzing field interviews. …
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A study of the perceptions of race and experience of prejudice in Grade Four learners at a Cape Town primary school
… Schooling, Children, Post Apartheid Education, Contact Hypothesis, Social Identity Development Theory.
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Expertise and the Own-Age Bias in Face Recognition
… the best known explanation of the ORB is the Contact Hypothesis. This suggests that the own-race memory advantage is due to the fact that people tend to have more experience with faces from their own race and, as a direct result, develop greater expertise at recognising them (e.g. Chiroro & …
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