Prejudice exists between groups of all kinds. This week Tom and Guy talk about one way that psychology has found we might be able to reduce prejudice. We touch on taste aversion, prejudice and contact theory. Here are some of the papers we mention:

Negative versus positive contact:

Barlow, F. K., Paolini, S., Pedersen, A., Hornsey, M. J., Radke, H. R., Harwood, J., ... & Sibley, C. G. (2012). The contact caveat: Negative contact predicts increased prejudice more than positive contact predicts reduced prejudice. Personality and social Psychology bulletin, 38(12), 1629-1643.

Refugee resettlement:

Albrecht, S., & Smerdon, D. (2022). The social capital effects of refugee resettlement on host communities. Economic Record, 98(320), 80-112.

Meta-analysis on contact theory:

Lemmer, G., & Wagner, U. (2015). Can we really reduce ethnic prejudice outside the lab? A meta-analysis of direct and indirect contact interventions. European Journal of Social Psychology, 45(2), 152-168.

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