We unconsciously form prejudice toward groups when we see biased people interact with members of a group. That is according to new research by psychologists, who show for the first time that ...

There is a long line of research showing that when we make contact with people who are socially different than us, we tend to feel less prejudice towards them. This is known as “the contact hypothesis ...

Social psychologists have known for decades that working cooperatively with members of different social groups can reduce prejudice and intergroup conflict. In the classic Robbers Cave study, two ...