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Bigler, Rebecca S.; Brown, Christia Spears; Markell, Marc – Child Development, 2001
Examined whether the presence of implicit links between social groups and high versus low status attributes affected formation of intergroup attitudes among 7- to 12-year-olds. Found that children's intergroup attitudes were affected by a status manipulation when teachers made functional use of the novel groups. Children who were members of…
Descriptors: Bias, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Group Dynamics
Bigler, Rebecca S. – 1998
This paper discusses a theory of the formation of social stereotyping and prejudice in children. This intergroup-developmental theory of prejudice has three primary goals: to account for the development of stereotyping and prejudice across multiple domains; to provide a developmental account of social stereotyping, outlining how developmental…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development