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Children's Biased Preference for Information about In- and Out-Groups
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Nasie, Meytal; Ben Yaakov, Ohad; Nassir, Yara; Diesendruck, Gil – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Children's intergroup attitudes arguably reflect different construals of in- and out-groups, whereby the former are viewed as composed of unique individuals and the latter of homogeneous members. In three studies, we investigated the scope of information (individual vs. category) Jewish-Israeli 5- and 8-year-olds prefer to receive about…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Intergroup Relations, Jews, Arabs
A Double-Edged Sword: Children's Intergroup Gender Attitudes Have Social Consequences for the Beholder
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Xiao, Sonya Xinyue; Martin, Carol Lynn; DeLay, Dawn; Cook, Rachel E. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
We examined the development of children's positive and negative attitudes toward other-gender peers over 1 year, and explored the longitudinal social consequences of holding positive or negative attitudes on the beholder of these attitudes. Participants were 206 second graders (Mage = 7.18 yrs, SD = .56, 50% girls) and 206 fourth graders…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Peer Groups, Gender Differences, Grade 2