Modeling prejudice reduction: Spatialized game theory and the contact hypothesis

Public Affairs Quarterly 19 (2):95-125 (2005)
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Abstract

We apply spatialized game theory and multi-agent computational modeling as philosophical tools: (1) for assessing the primary social psychological hypothesis regarding prejudice reduction, and (2) for pursuing a deeper understanding of the basic mechanisms of prejudice reduction.

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Patrick Grim
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Evan Selinger
Rochester Institute of Technology