Group membership matters? [Elektronische Ressource] : effects of direct and extended cross-ethnic friendship on minority and majority children's intergroup attitudes / von Allard Rienk Feddes

Dissertation Allard Rienk Feddes international graduate college Group Membership Matters? Effects of Direct and Extended Cross-Ethnic Friendship on Minority and Majority Children’s Intergroup Attitudes Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl.-Psych. Allard Rienk Feddes geboren am 17.01.1980 in Hardenberg, die Niederlande Gutachter 1. Prof. Dr. Peter Noack 2. Prof. Dr. Adam Rutland Tag des Kolloquiums: 10. Dezember 2007 On September 25, 1957, soldiers escort nine black students into the former all-white Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, AK, United States of America (NZZ, 2007) Differences within groups are almost always greater than differences between groups. Gordon W. Allport, 1954 ________________________________________________________________________ Acknowledgements The international character of the IGC, as indicated by overseas cooperations, IGC-Fellows and Faculty of several nationalities, and numerous visiting international experts in the area of intergroup relations, ensured the past three years to be a stimulating and rich experience.