Priming an approach motivational state to enhance intergroup contact intention

• Main Author: Lam, Jerlyn
• Other Authors: Wan Ching
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138457
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study seeks to explore the influence of approach and avoidance motivational states on intentions to engage in contact with an outgroup member. The contact hypothesis posits that contact between members of two groups improves intergroup relations, yet recent naturalistic research reveals that pe...