The Influences of Commitment to Justice and Ethnocentrism on Children's Allocations of Pay
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11326257 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin J Lerner (corresponding author), Peter R Grant (0000-0002-7347-5758) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229 |
| Publication date | 1990-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-2725 • E-ISSN: 1939-8999 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2786961 |
| OpenAlex | W2329464602 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
In this study Grade 3 and Grade 6 children, acting as supervisors, observed a videotape of two Grade 7 boys (workers) trying to make as many shoe-box towers as possible during a set time period. One worker was from the same ethnic group as the children (white Anglo-Saxon);' the other was of East Indian origin. The children were led to believe that either the majority or the minority worker was twice as productive as the other, and that the workers were either from the same team or from different teams. The children then were asked to allocate wages to the workers and to give their impressions of the workers. The children felt that the more productive worker tried harder, had more ability, and obtained higher grades than the less productive worker. However, the more productive majority worker was judged to have more intelligence and popularity than the other workers, including the more productive minority worker. Grade 3 children paid the more productive worker more only when the workers were on different teams. In contrast, the Grade 6 children paid the more productive majority worker an equitable amount, but discriminated against the more productive minority worker. These results are discussed in terms of the children's desire to be fair as it competes with their desire to favor their own ethnic group in the context of developmental trends toward a greater integration of prejudiced attitudes with discriminatory behavior
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic Justice · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnocentrism · Popularity · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Human inference
An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict
Social Categorization
Views of black and white children concerning the distribution of personality characteristics1
Motivation and competence as determinants of young children's reward allocation
The justice motive
Equity, Equality, and Need
Equity theory and the cognitive ability of children
In-group bias in the minimal intergroup situation
The Development of Ethnic Attitudes
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |