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Direct linkLeshin, Rachel A.; Leslie, Sarah-Jane; Rhodes, Marjorie – Child Development, 2021
A problematic way to think about social categories is to essentialize them--to treat particular differences between people as marking fundamentally distinct social kinds. From where do these beliefs arise? Language that expresses generic claims about categories elicits some aspects of essentialism, but the scope of these effects remains unclear.…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Beliefs, Childrens Attitudes, Young Children
