NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Source
Child Development1
Author
Hirschfeld, Lawrence A.1
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing one result Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hirschfeld, Lawrence A. – Child Development, 1995
Four experiments explored adults' and grade school children's beliefs about inheritability of racial identity. Found that older children and adults believed that mixed-race children possessed black racial features. Also found that children from an integrated school, regardless of race, expected mixed-race children to have intermediate racial…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Biological Influences, Blacks