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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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Empathy, Group Norms and Children's Ethnic Attitudes
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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
Stereotypes and Beliefs about Different Ethnic Groups in Spain: A Study with Spanish and Latin American Children Living in Madrid
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Enesco, Ileana; Navarro, Alejandra; Paradela, Isabel; Guerrero, Silvia – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
96 Spanish and Latin American children from 3 grades in Madrid reported their knowledge of positive and negative stereotypes regarding Spaniards, Gypsies, Latin American and Chinese people. Their personal beliefs about these four ethnic groups were also assessed. Stereotypes about Spaniards were perceived as overwhelmingly positive and least…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Spanish Speaking, Ethnic Stereotypes
Preadolescents' Understanding and Reasoning about Asylum Seeker Peers and Friendships
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Verkuyten, Maykel; Steenhuis, Aafke – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
The present study examined ethnically Dutch preadolescents' understanding and reasoning about asylum seeker peers and friendships. The description of an asylum seeker was compared with that of a Moroccan and a Dutch peer. The findings suggest that asylum seekers were described more negatively than peers from the other two groups. Additionally, we…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Preadolescents, Rejection (Psychology), Friendship
Children's Perceptions of Intergroup and Intragroup Similarity and the Role of Social Experience
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McGlothlin, Heidi; Killen, Melanie – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
Perceptions of intragroup and intergroup similarity were assessed in 1st grade (M=6.78 years, SD=.42) and 4th grade (M=9.79, SD=.51) boys and girls (N=382) who attended either ethnically homogeneous or ethnically heterogeneous schools. Children's evaluations of same-race and cross-race friendships were also assessed. European-American children…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 4, Friendship, Social Experience
Interracial Contact and Racial Constancy: A Multi-Site Study of Racial Intergroup Bias in 3-5 Year Old Anglo-British Children
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Rutland, Adam; Cameron, Lindsey; Bennett, Laura; Ferrell, Jennifer – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
This paper examined the influence of interracial contact and racial constancy on the racial intergroup bias of young Anglo-British children. This multi-site study was conducted in areas of Great Britain that varied in terms of racial diversity. The study also investigated whether preschool children express bias on positive, but not negative,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Intergroup Relations, Racial Bias
Messages about the Uniqueness and Similarities of People: Impact on U.S. Black and Latino Youth
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Levy, Sheri R.; West, Tara L.; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Karafantis, Dina M.; Ramirez, Luisa; Velilla, Elizabeth – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology: an international lifespan journal, 2005
This experiment examined the impact of messages about uniqueness and similarity between groups of people on Black and Latino children's social attitudes. Children (ages 11-14) read two brief science books embedded with a similarities message ("all people are basically the same"), unique message ("each person is unique"), combined similar-unique…
Descriptors: Social Attitudes, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Youth