Group category salience during contact enables attitude generalization to the outgroup

Evidence

Hewstone and Brown’s (1986) alternative general theoretical solution – categorization – proposed that for the positive effects of contact to generalize to the entire outgroup, it is vital that category salience remains relatively high during the interaction. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1810

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1810