A common group identity mediates contact’s bias reduction rather than merely aiding it

Evidence

In one test of our hypothesis, we conducted an experiment that brought two three-person laboratory groups together under conditions designed to foster or reduce intergroup cooperative interaction (Gaertner et al., 1990). As expected, cooperative interaction increased one-group representations (and reduced separate-group representations) and produced more favorable attitudes toward original outgroup members and lower levels of bias. Furthermore, consistent with the Common Ingroup Identity Model, more inclusive, one-group representations mediated (i.e., accounted for) the relationship between the interventions and the reduction of bias. … Thus, developing a common group identity is a key step in the process by which intergroup contact reduces bias, not simply a facilitating factor as suggested by Allport. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 572

In one test of our hypothesis, we conducted an experiment that brought two three-person laboratory groups together under conditions designed to foster or reduce intergroup cooperative interaction (Gaertner et al., 1990). As expected, cooperative interaction increased one-group representations (and reduced separate-group representations) and produced more favorable attitudes toward original outgroup members and lower levels of bias. Furthermore, consistent with the Common Ingroup Identity Model, more inclusive, one-group representations mediated (i.e., accounted for) the relationship between the interventions and the reduction of bias. … Thus, developing a common group identity is a key step in the process by which intergroup contact reduces bias, not simply a facilitating factor as suggested by Allport. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 572

Categorization

• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 572; , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 572
• XREF: connects to: Intergroup contact most strongly and reliably predicts willingness to mix with the outgroup — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 43; Accepting relationships with out-group members model new identity structures for exiting extremists. — Amy Fisher-Smith, Charles R. Sullivan, John D. Macready, and Geoffrey Manzi, Identity Reconfiguration and the Core…, 475; Ingroup-outgroup pairing, not either alone, drives identity shifts — Brandon Randolph-Seng, Darcy A. Reich, and Kenneth G. DeMarree, On the Nonconscious Antecedents of…, 50 (+4 more)