Social psychological research on segregation has mainly worked within the theoretical framework of the contact hypothesis.Critics of the contact studies have focused too heavily upon self-reported measures,and laboratory conditions,and research suggests that the conditions for successful contact rarely occur naturally in everyday life.Improving this weakness,micro-ecological studies have examined the contact effect through observable intergroup interactions that occur in everyday life settings.A micro-ecological approach has been used to examine the intergroup relations in a variety of public ...
