A city council starts a community garden project to improve relations between long-time residents and a recently settled immigrant community. They assign plots to individuals from both groups in the same area but provide no other structure or guidance. After a few weeks, tensions have increased, with groups complaining about each other's gardening methods and use of shared tools. Based on the principles of how intergroup contact can reduce negative attitudes, analyze the most likely reason this project failed to improve relations.

Community Integration Program Analysis

The contact hypothesis suggests that prejudice between different groups can be reduced through positive intergroup contact. This includes not only direct interactions and building relationships but also educational efforts. The positive effects can even be achieved through imagined social interactions with members of other groups.

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Biased attitudes or feelings about a person or group based on preconceptions rather than prior experience.  

Prejudice

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APA Dictionary of Psychology

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Prejudice toward a person or group that the individual holds with conscious awareness. 

Explicit Prejudice

Discrimination is defined as an action or behavior towards an individual that results from their membership in a particular group. While typically discussed as a negative and oppressive act, such as exclusion, discrimination can also manifest positively through preferential treatment for individuals who are part of one's own group.

Discrimination in Social Psychology

Spreading deceptive and/or inaccurate information against female public figures such as political leaders and journalists to undermine their participation in public life. This is often supported by storylines that are based on misogyny and gender stereotypes around the roles of women. 

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