Contact research should start from the default prediction of prejudice reduction

Evidence

In many ways, this stance reverses Allport’s approach. It starts with the prediction that intergroup contact will generally diminish prejudice, but the magnitude of this effect will depend on the presence or absence of a large array of facilitating factors – not just the four emphasized by Allport. In particular, this approach focuses special attention on those negative factors that can subvert contact’s typical reduction of prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1712

Categorization

• XREF: Frames the reversal of the classic contact-theory baseline held in the vault.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1712