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This article introduces a social psychological perspective for understanding phenomena related to immigration in culturally diverse societies. The viewpoint of both national majorities and immigrants is considered. In the first section, we examine how immigration affects identification processes of national majorities and immigrant minorities, and the consequences of identification for intergroup attitudes. In the second section, the role of threat perceptions, stereotypes, and worldviews in national majorities' stances toward immigrants is presented. Moreover, the psychological consequences of discrimination for immigrants are overviewed. In the final section, both intergroup contact between the national majority and immigrants and multicultural norms are discussed. |
