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How can we make the world less prejudiced? Research from the social sciences hints at a promising solution. This week, we do a deep dive on “The Contact Hypothesis”: what it is, how we know it works, and what its limits are.
We hear from four experts in this area whose research sheds light on the question:
Tom Pettigrew, emeritus professor of psychology at University of California, Santa Cruz
Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Shreya Bhattacharya, economist; PhD from the University of Houston
Salma Mousa, assistant professor of political science at Yale University
Episode 44 of Opinion Science, Released August 16, 2021. Produced and hosted by Andy Luttrell.
For a transcript of this episode, fully annotated with references, go to: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/the-contact-hypothesis
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Opinion Science is a psychology podcast exploring the science of our opinions, where they come from and how they change. Each week I talk to social scientists and professional communicators about how the work they do reveals key insights about public opinion and persuasion.
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How can we make the world less prejudiced? Research from the social sciences hints at a promising solution. This week, we do a deep dive on “The Contact Hypothesis”: what it is, how we know it works, and what its limits are.
We hear from four experts in this area whose research sheds light on the question:
Tom Pettigrew, emeritus professor of psychology at University of California, Santa Cruz
Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Shreya Bhattacharya, economist; PhD from the University of Houston
Salma Mousa, assistant professor of political science at Yale University
Episode 44 of Opinion Science, Released August 16, 2021. Produced and hosted by Andy Luttrell.
For a transcript of this episode, fully annotated with references, go to: opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/the-contact-hypothesis
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Opinion Science is a psychology podcast exploring the science of our opinions, where they come from and how they change. Each week I talk to social scientists and professional communicators about how the work they do reveals key insights about public opinion and persuasion.
Follow this psychology podcast...
Website: opinionsciencepodcast.com
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/opinion-science/id1506227206
Twitter: twitter.com/OpinionSciPod
Facebook: facebook.com/OpinionSciPod
