Fast Friends (Page-Gould, Mendoza-Denton and Tropp, 2008)
Description
Fast Friends is an empirically tested exercise developed by Page-Gould, Mendoza-Denton and Tropp (2008). The goal of the exercise is to help participants develop positive relationships with someone from a different cultural background. Participants work in pairs, addressing a list of 36 different questions about themselves. The questions start with fairly superficial, neutral topics but address increasingly personal/private areas of the self. Participants address each question one by one, and as they give answers to the question, moving at a pace that they feel comfortable with, they develop an increasing sense of feeling close and connected to one another. Source: Page-Gould, Elizabeth, Mendoza-Denton, Rodolfo, and Tropp, Linda R (2008) With a little help from my cross-group friend: reducing anxiety in intergroup contexts through cross-group friendship. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Volume 95/5, 1080–1094.
To access this tool, please go to: http://www.page-gould.com/documents/Page-Gould_Mendoza-Denton_Tropp_2008.pdf
Is the tool mobile?: No
At a glance
Level
Basic
Copyright status
Unclear
Interaction
Group
Knowledge / Skills
Yes / Yes
Culture focus
General
Working mode
Offline
Details
Mode(s) of learning
Exercises
Sector(s)
UNSPECIFIED
Language(s)
English
Type(s) of the tool
class-room tools (to be used by VET Trainers to teach their groups)