title: The dominance of the individual in intergroup relations research: understanding social change requires psychological theories of collective and structural phenomena.
abstract: Dixon et al. suggest that the psychological literature on intergroup relations should shift from theorizing "prejudice reduction" to "social change." A focus on social change exposes the importance of psychological theories involving collective phenomena like social norms and institutions. Individuals' attitudes and emotions may follow, rather than cause, changes in social norms and institutional arrangements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. epaluck@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth Levy
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Paluck
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D012933:Social Identification