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intergroup contact theory  

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  • When people from different groups meet, what are the effects? That is the question that intergroup contact theory sets out to answer. This theory predicts the effects on participants' intergroup attitudes and behavior when members of two distinguishable groups interact. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Intergroup Contact Theory]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GDRLKLF9-T

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