Developing & Testing the Psychology of the Anne Frank Trust's Prejudice Program
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Kent
Department Name: Sch of Psychology
Abstract
Social psychology has made enormous progress in understanding factors that can reduce prejudice. In particular, intergroup contact theory has been tested extensively to show how contact between different groups can help to reduce majority group members' prejudices against particular minorities (Pettigrew et al, 2011). However, as the west becomes increasingly diverse this approach to prejudice reduction seems increasingly inadequate. We cannot be confident which groups will be those that are depicted as enemies, are stereotyped negatively, or become stigmatized. Therefore, the challenge is to tackle not just specific prejudices, but the mechanisms and processes that allow prejudices of all kinds to take root. This means we need to develop broader but still powerful techniques that use different psychological avenues rather than relying on intergroup contact, or challenging specific stereotypes.
The proposed research, in partnership with the Anne Frank Trust (AFT), will examine psychological processes that enable children to generalise their knowledge from one context (in this case Anne Frank's story and the holocaust) to prejudice more generally. In other words, whether and how it is possible to build children's capacity to recognise and resist prejudice of all types.
The proposed research, in partnership with the Anne Frank Trust (AFT), will examine psychological processes that enable children to generalise their knowledge from one context (in this case Anne Frank's story and the holocaust) to prejudice more generally. In other words, whether and how it is possible to build children's capacity to recognise and resist prejudice of all types.
People |
ORCID iD |
Lindsey Cameron (Primary Supervisor) | |
Katie Goodbun (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ES/P00072X/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2027 | |||
1938107 | Studentship | ES/P00072X/1 | 01/10/2017 | 31/03/2022 | Katie Goodbun |
Description | The findings from the analysis of the Anne Frank Trust data in 2019 were included in their annual report. Not only did the results published in the report help to support the work that the Anne Frank Trust do, but it also led to the re-design of some of the impact measures to be used in future evaluations. |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Education,Other |
Impact Types | Societal |
Description | The Anne Frank Trust |
Organisation | Anne Frank Trust UK Ltd |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Design of evaluation tools used by the Anne Frank Trust. Analysis of all evaluation data. Creation of reports for the Trust. |
Collaborator Contribution | Access to evaluation data. Inclusion in training. |
Impact | Annual report 2019 - Goodbun, K. & Abrams, D (2019) . The Anne Frank Trust Annual Report 2018: Improving the attitudes of young people to multiple groups in society. |
Start Year | 2017 |