We review early and recent psychological theories of dehumanization and survey the
burgeoning empirical literature, focusing on six fundamental questions. First, we examine …

Based on the premise that bullies are deficient in empathy or even lack it completely,
bullying prevention and intervention programs often include empathy training. These …

We propose that to understand how a social licence to operate in mining is granted and
maintained, we need to take account of the processes mining companies use to engage with …

This research experimentally examined the effects of exposure to intergroup conspiracy
theories on prejudice and discrimination. Study 1 (N= 166) demonstrated that exposure to …

The affective, identity based, and often negative nature of partisan polarization in the United
States has been a subject of much scholarly attention. Applying insights from recent work in …

Today, physical and psychological barriers can reduce opportunities for the type of direct
face‐to‐face intergroup contact first identified by Gordon Allport. Consequently, social …

Imagined intergroup contact (Crisp & Turner, 2009) is a new indirect contact strategy for
promoting tolerance and more positive intergroup relations. Despite its relatively recent …

Intergroup contact is one of the most promising and effective strategies for reducing
prejudice. Importantly, intergroup contact not only improves attitudes towards an …

Intergroup contact theory proposes that positive interactions between members of different
social groups can improve intergroup relations. Contact should be especially effective in …

Background Throughout history, people have soothed their fear of disease outbreaks by
searching for someone to blame. Such was the case with the April 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak …