Keeping subgroup identity salient aids generalization of contact benefits

Evidence

Hewstone and Brown (1986) further propose that interactions that maintain (rather than reduce) the salience of the separate group identities are more likely to generalize to outgroup members beyond the immediate contact situation because the association with other group members not directly involved in the interaction is maintained. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 562 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

With a dual identity relative to the pure one-group representation, the benefits of intergroup contact may more easily generalize to additional outgroup members because the associative link to their original group identity remains intact, as in Hewstone and Brown’s (1986) Mutual Intergroup Differentiation Model. Although the convergence of several of Allport’s ideas suggests the potential value of a dual identity, this particular concept was not articulated in The Nature of Prejudice. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 574 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Empowering contact boosts minority readiness to cooperate across 24 samples — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 97; Dual identity generalizes contact benefits because subgroup links stay intact — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 574; Keeping group identities salient during contact improves generalization of positive feelings — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 562 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• Keeping group identities salient during contact improves generalization of positive feelings #corroborates (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 562
• Group category salience during contact enables attitude generalization to the outgroup #corroborates (0.94) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1810
• Dual identity generalizes contact benefits because subgroup links stay intact #expands (0.93) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 574
• Retaining group salience optimizes contact more than eliminating categories does #corroborates (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1818
• Pleasant personalized contact fails to generalize while salient group contact breeds anxiety #complicates (0.78)
• Reframing outgroups as part of a shared superordinate identity reduces bias #complicates (0.77) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 564
• A common group identity mediates contact’s bias reduction rather than merely aiding it #complicates (0.74) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 572
• People gravitate toward subgroup over superordinate identities in nested categories #complicates (0.73) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 683