Does talk of race foster prejudice or tolerance in children?

被引:70
作者
Aboud, FE [1 ]
Doyle, AB [1 ]
机构
[1] CONCORDIA UNIV,MONTREAL,PQ,CANADA
来源
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE-REVUE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES DU COMPORTEMENT | 1996年 / 28卷 / 03期
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10.1037/0008-400X.28.3.161
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The objective of this:study was to assess how children's racial evaluations were affected by talking about these with a friend whose level of prejudice was different from their own. We compared the kinds of evaluative statements and explanatory strategies used by the high- and low-prejudice partners of a dyad, as well as the change in attitude that followed from the discussion. White children from the third and fourth grades were identified as above or below the median for their class on the Multi-response Racial Attitude (MRA) measure, which assessed positive and negative evaluations of White, Black, and Chinese children. They were then paired with a friend who differed in level of prejudice, and asked to discuss one positive and one negative item from the attitude measure. Instructions were to Salk about how the three races should be evaluated and why. After the discussion, each child was privately reassessed on the MRA. Analyses of the discussion variables:indicated that low-prejudice children stated significantly more negative evaluations and examples of Whites and more cross-race similarity than high-prejudice children. High-prejudice children became significantly less prejudiced in their evaluations after the discussion. Changes were greater in children whose low-prejudice partner made more statements about cross-race similarity (e.g. ''everyone can be mean sometime''), along with more positive Black and negative White evaluations, Low-prejudice partners remained unprejudiced. Dyadic discussion may be a useful context for reducing prejudice.
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页码:161 / 170
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