Perspective-Taking and Willingness to Engage in Intergroup Contact

• Main Authors: WANG, Cynthia S., TAI, Kenneth, KU, Gillian, GALINSKY, Adam D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Intergroup contact; outgroups; stereotypes; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3631; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4630/viewcontent/Wang_et_al.__2014_PLOS_One.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current research explored whether perspective-taking increases willingness to engage in contact with stereotyped outgroup members. Across three studies, we find that perspective-taking increases willingness to engage in contact with negatively-stereotyped targets. In Study 1, perspective-takers...