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ERIC Number: EJ526412
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
The Relationship between Racial Attitudes and Social-Cognitive Development in Children: An Australian Study.
Black-Gutman, Dasia; Hickson, Fay
Developmental Psychology, v32 n3 p448-56 May 1996
Examined the racial attitudes of 122 Euro-Australian children toward Euro-, Asian, and Aboriginal Australians across the 5-/6-, 7-/9-, and 10-/12-year age groups. Found that the middle group had fewer negative attitudes toward Aborigines than the older and younger groups. Notes the influence of environmental and cognitive factors in the development of racial prejudice. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Social Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Asians; Australia; Europeans