My research focuses on three key areas: (1) imagined intergroup contact -- a new implementation of intergroup contact theory combining research into the effects of social contact with recent advances in social cognition; (2) the psychology of social and cultural diversity -- how encouraging a focus on multiple identities may reduce prejudice and lead to greater egalitarianism in social attitudes and interactions, as well as improve self-efficacy and the academic performance of members of stigmatized groups; and (3) social identity processes -- exploring the motivations that compel people to resist recategorization and the adoption of a common ingroup identity, as well as the cognitive and affective phenomena associated with identity and stereotype threat.

Primary Interests:

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Person Perception
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Aggression, Conflict, Peace
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Person Perception

Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Centre for the Study of Group Processes
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Books:

Crisp, R. J. (Ed.) (2011). Social Psychology: Critical Concepts. Hove, E. Sussex: Routledge (Taylor & Francis).
Crisp, R. J. (Ed.). (2010). The Psychology of Social and Cultural Diversity. Oxford: SPSSI-Blackwell.
Crisp, R. J., & Hewstone, M. (Eds.) (2006). Multiple Social Categorization: Processes, Models and Applications. Hove, E. Sussex: Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).
Crisp, R. J., & Turner, R. N. (2010). Essential Social Psychology (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Journal Articles:

Crisp, R. J., Birtel, M. D., & Meleady, R. (2011). Mental simulations of social thought and action: Trivial tasks or tools for transforming social policy? Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 261-264.
Crisp, R. J., & Hewstone, M. (2007). Multiple social categorization. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 39). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Crisp, R. J. & Turner, R. N. (2011). Cognitive adaptation to the experience of social and cultural diversity. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 242-266.
Crisp, R. J., & Turner, R. N. (2009). Can imagined interactions produce positive perceptions? Reducing prejudice through simulated social contact. American Psychologist, 64, 231-240.

Richard Crisp
School of Psychology
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury CT2 7NP
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)1227 82 7998
Email: r.crisp@kent.ac.uk