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Exploring the Out-Group Homogeneity Effect Among Arab Children in Israel

The Roles of Religion, Contact, and Group Identification

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ID7149262
AuthorsFrancine Essa (0000-0002-2700-1893, Bar-Ilan University, corresponding author), Hannes Rakoczy (0000-0003-3296-0551, Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Goettingen , Goettingen), Gil Diesendruck (0000-0002-1352-7173, Bar-Ilan University)
Year2025
Volume96
Issue3
Pages1148-1164
Publication date2025-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChild Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-3920 • E-ISSN: 1467-8624
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/cdev.14226
PMID39960232
OpenAlexW4407644688
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited86

The out-group homogeneity effect has been found to contribute to adults' inter-group biases. Three studies examined whether 5- and 8-year-old Arab (i.e., minority) children in Israel also manifest this effect (March 2017–January 2020). Arab children from different religious affiliations and social environments (N = 272, 54% females) were asked to choose either a homogeneous or a heterogeneous sample of group members to infer if a given property (biological or psychological) was true of a whole group: either the participant's in-group (Arabs) or out-group (Jews). Overall, differently from Jewish (i.e., majority) Israeli children, Arab children did not exhibit the out-group homogeneity effect. Nevertheless, there were indications that religious affiliation, social environment, and group identification affected children's responses

Developmental psychology · Geography · Group (periodic table) · Group identification · Homogeneity (statistics) · Homogeneous · Judaism · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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