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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Nesdale, Drew; Durkin, Kevin; Maass, Anne; Kiesner, Jeff; Griffiths, Judith; Daly, Josh; McKenzie, David – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2010
Two simulation studies examined the effect of peer group rejection on 7 and 9 year old children's outgroup prejudice. In Study 1, children (n = 88) pretended that they were accepted or rejected by their assigned group, prior to competing with a lower status outgroup. Results indicated that rejected versus accepted children showed increased…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Peer Acceptance, Rejection (Psychology), Anxiety
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Nesdale, Drew; Durkin, Kevin; Maass, Anne; Griffiths, Judith – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study tested predictions drawn from social identity development theory (SIDT; [Nesdale, D. (1999a). Social identity and ethnic prejudice in children. In: P. Martin, & W. Noble (Eds.). "Psychology and society" (pp. 92-110). Brisbane: Australian Academic Press; Nesdale, D. (2004). Social identity processes and children's ethnic prejudice. In M.…
Descriptors: Social Status, Pacific Islanders, Ethnicity, Young Children
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Nesdale, Drew; Griffith, Judith; Durkin, Kevin; Maass, Anne – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
Two minimal group studies (Ns=150, 123) examined the impact of emotional empathy on the ethnic attitudes of 5 to 12-year old white Anglo-Australian children. Study 1 evaluated the relationship between empathy and attitudes towards a same (Anglo-Australian) versus different ethnicity (Pacific Islander) outgroup. A significant empathy x outgroup…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Empathy, Pacific Islanders, Children