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Social Norms and Self-Presentation

Children's Implicit and Explicit Intergroup Attitudes

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ID19601592
AuthorsAdam Rutland (0000-0002-4512-0976, University of Kent, corresponding author), Lindsey Cameron (0000-0003-1388-1970, University of Kent), Alan B Milne (University of Aberdeen), Alan Milne (University of Aberdeen), Peter McGeorge (0000-0003-3562-5003, University of Aberdeen)
Year2005
Volume76
Issue2
Pages451-466
Publication date2005-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00856.x
PMID15784093
OpenAlexW2162787889
LanguageEN
Citations received120
References cited76

Two studies examined whether social norms and children's concern for self-presentation affect their intergroup attitudes. Study 1 examined racial intergroup attitudes and normative beliefs among children aged 6 to 16 years (n=155). Accountability (i.e., public self-focus) was experimentally manipulated, and intergroup attitudes were assessed using explicit and implicit measures. Study 2 (n = 134) replicated Study 1, focusing on national intergroup attitudes. Both studies showed that children below 10 years old were externally motivated to inhibit their in-group bias under high public self-focus. Older children were internally motivated to suppress their bias as they showed implicit but not explicit bias. Study 1, in contrast to Study 2, showed that children with low norm internalization suppressed their out-group prejudice under high public self-focus

Developmental psychology · Norm (philosophy) · Normative · Prejudice (legal term) · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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