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Clark, Kenneth B. – American Psychologist, 1980
Suggests that individuals vary in the degree of cortical development necessary to sustain functional empathy and that most people can be trained to counterbalance the more animalistic determinants of behavior. Concludes that blockage of functional empathy by power drives forms the basis of interpersonal and social tensions. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Empathy, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship
Clark, Kenneth B.; Chein, Isidor; Cook, Stuart W. – American Psychologist, 2004
This statement was an appendix to the appellants' briefs in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, Briggs v. Elliott, and Davis v. Prince Edward County, Virginia, cases. The statement offers definitions of segregation and discusses the implications and potential effects of segregation on children both in minority and majority groups.
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Court Litigation, School Desegregation, Racial Segregation
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Lal, Shafali – American Psychologist, 2002
Examines the individual and social contexts of the life of Mamie Clark (wife of African American psychologist Kenneth Clark), whose work at the Harlem Northside Center for Child Development helped define an increasing interest in the psychology of children of color. Urges greater attention to the dynamics of race and gender in history of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Child Psychology, Gender Issues, Minority Group Children