Prejudice Reduction : What Works? A Review and Assessment of Research and Practice

This article reviews the observational, laboratory, and field experimental literatures on interventions for reducing prejudice. Our review places special emphasis on assessing the methodological rigor of existing research, calling attention to problems of design and measurement that threaten both in...

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Published in:Annual review of psychology 2009, Vol.60 (1), p.339-367
Main Authors: LEVY PALUCK, Elizabeth, GREEN, Donald P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Cultural Competency
Cultural Diversity
Experiments
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Intervention
Measurement
Prejudice
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social attribution, perception and cognition
Social Conformity
Social Distance
Social Environment
Social Identification
Social psychology
Social Values
Staff Development
Stereotyping
Validation studies
Validity
Workplace
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Summary:This article reviews the observational, laboratory, and field experimental literatures on interventions for reducing prejudice. Our review places special emphasis on assessing the methodological rigor of existing research, calling attention to problems of design and measurement that threaten both internal and external validity. Of the hundreds of studies we examine, a small fraction speak convincingly to the questions of whether, why, and under what conditions a given type of intervention works. We conclude that the causal effects of many widespread prejudice-reduction interventions, such as workplace diversity training and media campaigns, remain unknown. Although some intergroup contact and cooperation interventions appear promising, a much more rigorous and broad-ranging empirical assessment of prejudice-reduction strategies is needed to determine what works.
ISSN:0066-4308
1545-2085
DOI:10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163607