'Changing attitudes with a little imagination': Imagined contact effects on young children's intergroup bias
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2011
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Lindsey Cameron et al., « 'Changing attitudes with a little imagination': Imagined contact effects on young children's intergroup bias », Anales de Psicología, ID : 10670/1.02beb9...
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The current research tested a recent development in social psy-chology, namely "imagined contact", among young children (n = 123, 5 to 10 years). Children imagined interacting with a physically disabled child, or did not take part in this activity (the control group). Compared with the control group, children who engaged in "imagined contact" subse-quently showed reduced intergroup bias in their general attitude and rat-ings of warmth and competence. Imagined contact also led to more posi-tive intended friendship behavior towards the disabled, but only among 5 - 6 year olds. This provides partial support for our hypothesis that younger children, perhaps as a result of their lack of outgroup experience, are more likely to benefit from imagined contact. Implications for the de-velopment of attitudes towards the disabled, imagined contact theory and the development of classroom-based prejudice-reduction techniques based on imagined contact are discussed.
