Tara M Mandalaywala
Biographic Data
| ID | 4681083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara M Mandalaywala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mandalaywala |
| SIGNATURE | MANDALAYWALA T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0035-4311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The power of prompts
Children in the United States have an early-emerging understanding that resources should be divided fairly among agents, yet their behavior does not begin to reflect this understanding until later in development. Why does this gap between knowledge and behavior exist, and how can we close it? Here, we tested the role of explicit prompts in closing the gap, asking whether prompting 4- to 9-year-olds to make fair decisions would promote the costly …
Threat perception and behavioral reactivity in response to an acute stressor in infant rhesus macaques
Escalation effects in teacher perceptions of classroom behavior in a U.S. context
Boys and girls, men and women
Gender and age are salient social categories from early in development. However, whether children's beliefs about gender and age intersect, such that gender stereotypes might be expressed differently when asked about children (compared to adults) has not been investigated. Here, in a preregistered study ( N = 297), we examined if young children (3.0-6.9-year-olds, M age = 5.03 years, n = 145) and adults ( n = 152) across Massachusetts were more l…
Automatic encoding across social categories in American children and adults
Many caregivers wonder when to talk to children about social inequality and racism, often expressing the belief that children do not pay attention to race or inequity. Here, across 5-9-year-old American children ( n = 159, M age = 7.44; 51.6% female, 47.2% male, 1.2% nonconforming or not provided; 59.1% White, 23.3% racial-ethnic minority, 17.6% not provided) and adults ( n = 182, 84.1% female, 13.7% male, 2.2% nonconforming or not provided, 54.9…
An investigation of perceptions of (un)just systems
Following a global economic collapse in 2008, the Irish accepted economic hardship in the years immediately following the financial downturn without demonstrating. Why did not the Irish protest in response to the economic collapse, especially when other countries hit by the economic collapse did? Here, we empirically test ideas put forth in previous qualitative work: that a culturally ingrained moral principle, in life, “you reap what you sow,” h…
Early perceptions of Covid-19 intensity and anti-Asian prejudice among White Americans
Anecdotal reports suggested an uptick in anti-Asian prejudice corresponding with the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining responses from White U.S. citizens ( N = 589) during the first months of the pandemic, this study tested: (a) whether actual intensity (official number of cases or deaths reported) or perceived intensity (participants' estimates of the same) of the COVID-19 outbreak predicted indicators of racial outgroup preju…
Emergence of Social Reasoning About Hierarchies
Essentialism Promotes Racial Prejudice by Increasing Endorsement of Social Hierarchies
Why do essentialist beliefs promote prejudice? We proposed that essentialist beliefs increase prejudice toward Black people because they imply that existing social hierarchies reflect a naturally occurring structure. We tested this hypothesis in three studies ( N = 621). Study 1 revealed that racial essentialism was associated with increased prejudice toward Blacks among both White and Black adult participants, suggesting that essentialism relate…
Early perceptions of Covid-19 intensity and anti-Asian prejudice among White Americans
Anecdotal reports suggested an uptick in anti-Asian prejudice corresponding with the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining responses from White U.S. citizens ( N = 589) during the first months of the pandemic, this study tested: (a) whether actual intensity (official number of cases or deaths reported) or perceived intensity (participants' estimates of the same) of the COVID-19 outbreak predicted indicators of racial outgroup preju…
Boys and girls, men and women
Gender and age are salient social categories from early in development. However, whether children's beliefs about gender and age intersect, such that gender stereotypes might be expressed differently when asked about children (compared to adults) has not been investigated. Here, in a preregistered study ( N = 297), we examined if young children (3.0-6.9-year-olds, M age = 5.03 years, n = 145) and adults ( n = 152) across Massachusetts were more l…
Escalation effects in teacher perceptions of classroom behavior in a U.S. context
Automatic encoding across social categories in American children and adults
Many caregivers wonder when to talk to children about social inequality and racism, often expressing the belief that children do not pay attention to race or inequity. Here, across 5-9-year-old American children ( n = 159, M age = 7.44; 51.6% female, 47.2% male, 1.2% nonconforming or not provided; 59.1% White, 23.3% racial-ethnic minority, 17.6% not provided) and adults ( n = 182, 84.1% female, 13.7% male, 2.2% nonconforming or not provided, 54.9…
Essentialism Promotes Racial Prejudice by Increasing Endorsement of Social Hierarchies
Why do essentialist beliefs promote prejudice? We proposed that essentialist beliefs increase prejudice toward Black people because they imply that existing social hierarchies reflect a naturally occurring structure. We tested this hypothesis in three studies ( N = 621). Study 1 revealed that racial essentialism was associated with increased prejudice toward Blacks among both White and Black adult participants, suggesting that essentialism relate…
Emergence of Social Reasoning About Hierarchies
An investigation of perceptions of (un)just systems
Following a global economic collapse in 2008, the Irish accepted economic hardship in the years immediately following the financial downturn without demonstrating. Why did not the Irish protest in response to the economic collapse, especially when other countries hit by the economic collapse did? Here, we empirically test ideas put forth in previous qualitative work: that a culturally ingrained moral principle, in life, “you reap what you sow,” h…
Early perceptions of Covid-19 intensity and anti-Asian prejudice among White Americans
Anecdotal reports suggested an uptick in anti-Asian prejudice corresponding with the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining responses from White U.S. citizens ( N = 589) during the first months of the pandemic, this study tested: (a) whether actual intensity (official number of cases or deaths reported) or perceived intensity (participants' estimates of the same) of the COVID-19 outbreak predicted indicators of racial outgroup preju…
Escalation effects in teacher perceptions of classroom behavior in a U.S. context
Boys and girls, men and women
Gender and age are salient social categories from early in development. However, whether children's beliefs about gender and age intersect, such that gender stereotypes might be expressed differently when asked about children (compared to adults) has not been investigated. Here, in a preregistered study ( N = 297), we examined if young children (3.0-6.9-year-olds, M age = 5.03 years, n = 145) and adults ( n = 152) across Massachusetts were more l…
Automatic encoding across social categories in American children and adults
Many caregivers wonder when to talk to children about social inequality and racism, often expressing the belief that children do not pay attention to race or inequity. Here, across 5-9-year-old American children ( n = 159, M age = 7.44; 51.6% female, 47.2% male, 1.2% nonconforming or not provided; 59.1% White, 23.3% racial-ethnic minority, 17.6% not provided) and adults ( n = 182, 84.1% female, 13.7% male, 2.2% nonconforming or not provided, 54.9…
Threat perception and behavioral reactivity in response to an acute stressor in infant rhesus macaques
The power of prompts
Children in the United States have an early-emerging understanding that resources should be divided fairly among agents, yet their behavior does not begin to reflect this understanding until later in development. Why does this gap between knowledge and behavior exist, and how can we close it? Here, we tested the role of explicit prompts in closing the gap, asking whether prompting 4- to 9-year-olds to make fair decisions would promote the costly …
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Perception (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works)