Strategy to Modify Racial Attitudes in Black and White Preschoolers [electronic resource] / Charlynn Chamberlin-Robinson.
This paper reports on a procedure designed to alter racial bias in preschool children. Sixty 5- and 6-year-old black and white children initially displaying baseline bias (as assessed with a modified version of the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure) were taught to respond neutrally by manipulating t...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | This paper reports on a procedure designed to alter racial bias in preschool children. Sixty 5- and 6-year-old black and white children initially displaying baseline bias (as assessed with a modified version of the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure) were taught to respond neutrally by manipulating those cues related to social perception (i.e., facial cues, gestures, and contextual cues), rather than those cues associated with color of the stimulus figure. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) a control group; (2) a training condition in which race was always an irrelevant cue in making responses; and (3) a training condition in which race was never an irrelevant cue in making responses. The present procedure significantly reduced bias (p < .0005) and increased the probability that evaluative decisions would be made only in the presence of appropriate social and contextual cues (p < .0001). Critical variables identified as influencing results were those related to perceiving social cues rather than learning to ignore irrelevant cues (such as race) of the stimulus. Results also indicated that a significant number of black children displayed bias patterns distinctly different from those pro-white patterns evident in previous literature. At pretest, these subjects displayed predominantly pro-black and neutral bias patterns. Subsequent research is necessary to determine if these findings mark a trend of black children becoming more own-race oriented. (Author/SB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED138358. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17-20, 1977). Educational level discussed: Preschool Education. |
| Physical Description: | 21 p. |