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Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts (2016)
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Cohen-Chen, S., Crisp, R. J., & Halperin, E. (2016). Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8(2), 153-161. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550616667612

In conflicts, political attitudes are based to some extent on the perception of the out-group as sharing the goal of peace and supporting steps to achieve it. However, intractable conflicts are characterized by inconsistent and negative interactions,... Read More about Hope Comes in Many Forms: Out-Group Expressions of Hope Override Low Support and Promote Reconciliation in Conflicts.

On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset. (2016)
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Vezzali, L., Goclowska, M. A., Crisp, R. J., & Stathi, S. (2016). On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 21, 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2016.07.001

We conducted an experimental study with the aim of testing certain conditions under which engaging with cultural diversity increases creativity among schoolchildren. Results obtained from a sample of 149 Italian elementary schoolchildren revealed tha... Read More about On the relationship between cultural diversity and creativity in education: The moderating role of communal versus divisional mindset..

Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat (2016)
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Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., Meleady, R., & Rubini, M. (2016). Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42(4), 526-539. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167216636624

In three studies, we examined the impact of multiple categorization on intergroup dehumanization. Study 1 showed that perceiving members of a rival university along multiple versus simple categorical dimensions enhanced the tendency to attribute huma... Read More about Humanizing Outgroups Through Multiple Categorization: The Roles of Individuation and Threat.

Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality (2016)
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Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., Pratto, F., & Rubini, M. (2016). Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(4, SI), 426-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430216629814

Health disparities between groups remain even after accounting for established causes such as structural and economic factors. The present research tested, for the first time, whether multiple social categorization processes can explain enhanced supp... Read More about Encouraging majority support for immigrant access to health services: Multiple categorization and social identity complexity as antecedents of health equality.

Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions (2015)
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Birtel, M. D., & Crisp, R. J. (2015). Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1771. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01771

We propose that key concepts from clinical psychotherapy can inform science-based initiatives aimed at building tolerance and community cohesion. Commonalities in social and clinical psychology are identified regarding (1) distorted thinking (intergr... Read More about Psychotherapy and Social Change: Utilizing Principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Help Develop New Prejudice-Reduction Interventions.

Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking. (2015)
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Di Bella, L., & Crisp, R. J. (2016). Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(2), 184-201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430215596074

Experiences that compel people to challenge social stereotypes can promote enhanced cognitive flexibility on a range of judgmental domains. Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are chronically exposed to such experiences... Read More about Women's adaptation to STEM domains promotes resilience and a lesser reliance on heuristic thinking..

Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions (2015)
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Vezzali, L., Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., & Capozza, D. (2015). Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 49, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2015.06.009

We conducted an experimental intervention aimed at comparing the effectiveness of direct and imagined intergroup contact. Italian elementary school children took part in a three-week intervention with dependent variables assessed one week after the l... Read More about Comparing direct and imagined intergroup contact among children: Effects on outgroup stereotypes and helping intentions.

Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach (2015)
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Vezzali, L., Stathi, S., Crisp, R. J., Giovannini, D., Capozza, D., & Gaertner, S. L. (2015). Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach. Social Psychology, 46(5), 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000242

Abstract. We conducted two studies involving two different age groups (elementary school children and adults) aimed at integrating imagined contact and common ingroup identity models. In the first study, Italian elementary school children were asked... Read More about Imagined Intergroup Contact and Common Ingroup Identity An Integrative Approach.

Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations (2015)
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Prati, F., Crisp, R. J., & Rubini, M. (2015). Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 61, 31-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2015.06.004

In three experiments we investigated the impact that exposure to counter-stereotypes has on emotional reactions to outgroups. In Experiment 1, thinking about gender counter-stereotypes attenuated stereotyped emotions toward females and males. In Expe... Read More about Counter-stereotypes reduce emotional intergroup bias by eliciting surprise in the face of unexpected category combinations.

Imagining oneself in a stereotyped role may stifle generalized tendencies to support social change (2015)
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Di Bella, L., & Crisp, R. J. (2015). Imagining oneself in a stereotyped role may stifle generalized tendencies to support social change. Social Influence, 10(3), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/15534510.2015.1030446

Imagining oneself in a stereotyped role may not only increase women's endorsement of stereotypes about women and science, but also stifle broader concerns about social change. In the experiment, 81 women imagined themselves on a stereotypical or a co... Read More about Imagining oneself in a stereotyped role may stifle generalized tendencies to support social change.

Some extended psychological benefits of challenging social stereotypes: Decreased dehumanization and a reduced reliance on heuristic thinking. (2015)
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Prati, F., Vasiljevic, M., Crisp, R., & Rubini, M. (2015). Some extended psychological benefits of challenging social stereotypes: Decreased dehumanization and a reduced reliance on heuristic thinking. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 18(6), 801-816. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430214567762

One way to promote equality is to encourage people to generate counterstereotypic role models. In two experiments, we demonstrate that such interventions have much broader benefits than previously thought—reducing a reliance on heuristic thinking and... Read More about Some extended psychological benefits of challenging social stereotypes: Decreased dehumanization and a reduced reliance on heuristic thinking..

Perceptions of a Changing World Induce Hope and Promote Peace in Intractable Conflicts (2015)
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Cohen-Chen, S., Crisp, R. J., & Halperin, E. (2015). Perceptions of a Changing World Induce Hope and Promote Peace in Intractable Conflicts. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(4), 498-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167215573210

The importance of hope in promoting conciliatory attitudes has been asserted in the field of conflict resolution. However, little is known about conditions inducing hope, especially in intractable conflicts, where reference to the outgroup may backfi... Read More about Perceptions of a Changing World Induce Hope and Promote Peace in Intractable Conflicts.

Perspective-taking mediates the imagined contact effect. (2014)
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Husnu, S., & Crisp, R. J. (2015). Perspective-taking mediates the imagined contact effect. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 44, 29-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2014.11.005

We investigated the potential for mental imagery to reduce intergroup bias in Cyprus, an island that has suffered from interethnic tension for over 40 years. Seventy-three Turkish Cypriots were asked to imagine a scenario in which they interacted wit... Read More about Perspective-taking mediates the imagined contact effect..

Evidence That a Brief Meditation Exercise Can Reduce Prejudice Toward Homeless People. (2014)
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Parks, S., Birtel, M. D., & Crisp, R. J. (2014). Evidence That a Brief Meditation Exercise Can Reduce Prejudice Toward Homeless People. Social Psychology, 45(6), 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000212

Recent research has shown that integrating social and clinical psychological perspectives can be effective when designing prejudice-interventions, with psychotherapeutic techniques successful at tackling anxiety in intergroup contexts. This research... Read More about Evidence That a Brief Meditation Exercise Can Reduce Prejudice Toward Homeless People..

Systematic revisions to inherent notions may shape improvements in cognitive infrastructure (2014)
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Meleady, R., & Crisp, R. J. (2014). Systematic revisions to inherent notions may shape improvements in cognitive infrastructure. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37(5), 495-496. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x13003804

The proposed inherence heuristic centers on perceivers' failure to systematically consider external, historical factors when explaining observed patterns. We stress that this does not preclude the potential of subsequently encountered information to... Read More about Systematic revisions to inherent notions may shape improvements in cognitive infrastructure.

How Dual-Identity Processes Foster Creativity (2014)
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Goclowska, M. A., & Crisp, R. J. (2014). How Dual-Identity Processes Foster Creativity. Review of General Psychology, 18(3), 216-236. https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000008

We propose a theoretical model explaining when and why possessing 2 inconsistent social identities can foster superior creativity. The framework describes how during cultural adaptation individuals (a) alternate their identities across contexts, (b)... Read More about How Dual-Identity Processes Foster Creativity.

Contesting gender stereotypes stimulates generalized fairness in the selection of leaders. (2014)
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Leicht, C., de Moura, G. R., & Crisp, R. J. (2014). Contesting gender stereotypes stimulates generalized fairness in the selection of leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(5), 1025-1039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.05.001

Exposure to counter-stereotypic gender role models (e.g., a woman engineer) has been shown to successfully reduce the application of biased gender stereotypes. We tested the hypothesis that such efforts may more generally lessen the application of st... Read More about Contesting gender stereotypes stimulates generalized fairness in the selection of leaders..

Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure. (2014)
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Goclowska, M. A., Baas, M., Crisp, R. J., & De Dreu, C. K. (2014). Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(8), 959-971. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214533132

Although people and events that disconfirm observers’ expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers’ rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we examined whether individual di... Read More about Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure..

Imagined intergroup contact facilitates intercultural communication for college students on academic exchange programs. (2014)
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Vezzali, L., Crisp, R. J., Stathi, S., & Giovannini, D. (2015). Imagined intergroup contact facilitates intercultural communication for college students on academic exchange programs. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 18(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430214527853

Imagined intergroup contact (Crisp & Turner, 2009) is a new cognitive intervention designed to improve intergroup relations. In two studies, we examined whether it could also facilitate intercultural communication among international students and hos... Read More about Imagined intergroup contact facilitates intercultural communication for college students on academic exchange programs..