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Peer reviewedBigler, Rebecca S.; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Studied effects of presence of novel social category on intergroup attitude formation in 6- to 9-year olds. Found that after four weeks of the functional use of color groups, children's attitudes showed consistent biases favoring their own group. Children with higher self-esteem showed higher intergroup stereotyping than did children with lower…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development
