This paper explores the use of Mario Kart Nintendo Wii as an active learning tool to teach about intergroup conflict as a cause ofprejudice. Participating students were randomly placed into two Mario Kart Nintendo Wii tournaments. Students then competed as team members and ranked personality traits for their team (in-group) and the opposing team (out-group). Discussion of the results focused on the role of competition in creating in-group/out-group biases and how this relates to prejudice. Results from a pre-test/post-test quiz indicated that students understood these concepts more clearly after the tournaments were held. Furthermore, those who participated improved their scores more than those who did not participate in the tournaments. ♦Authorship is alphabetical. Correspondence to: Anna E. Kosloski, Iowa State University, 418 East Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1070; Phone: (515) 294 8108; email: kosl002 l@iastate.edu. Bridget K.Welch, Western Illinois University, Morgan Hall 403, Macomb, IL. 61455; Phone: (309) 298-2418; email: BK-Welch@wiu.edu. Anna E. Kosloski is a Doctoral Candidate at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on issues surrounding women's incarceration in the United States. She has taught Introduction to Sociology, Women and Crime, and Social Psychology at Iowa State University. Contact can be directed to her at kosl0021 @iastate.edu. Bridget K. Welch is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Western Illinois Uni versity. Her research areas are social psychology and race, class and gender. She regularly teaches Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods, and a variety of classes in both social inequalities and social psychology. Contact can be directed to her at bk-welch@wiu.edu. Social Thought & Research, Vol. 31 This content downloaded from 207.46.13.83 on Sat, 22 Oct 2016 06:00:53 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Social Thought & Research Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Dwight D. Dake for his help with the technological component of this exercise. They would also like to thank Terry L. Besser for comments on an earlier version of this paper.