ERIC Number: EJ1139435
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-May
Pages: 15
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Perceptual Individuation Training (but Not Mere Exposure) Reduces Implicit Racial Bias in Preschool Children
Qian, Miao K.; Quinn, Paul C.; Heyman, Gail D.; Pascalis, Olivier; Fu, Genyue; Lee, Kang
Developmental Psychology, v53 n5 p845-859 May 2017
Two studies with preschool-age children examined the effectiveness of perceptual individuation training at reducing racial bias (Study 1, N = 32; Study 2, N = 56). We found that training preschool-age children to individuate other-race faces resulted in a reduction in implicit racial bias while mere exposure to other-race faces produced no such effect. We also showed that neither individuation training nor mere exposure reduced explicit racial bias. Theoretically, our findings provide strong evidence for a causal link between individual-level face processing and implicit racial bias, and are consistent with the newly proposed perceptual-social linkage hypothesis. Practically, our findings suggest that offering children experiences that allow them to increase their expertise in processing individual other-race faces will help reduce their implicit racial bias.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Foreign Countries, Blacks, Whites, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis, Training, Asian Culture, Racial Differences, Kindergarten, Young Children
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Identifiers - Location: China
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD046526
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