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Implicit Racial Biases in Preschool Children and Adults From Asia and Africa
Author(s) -
Qian Miao K.,
Heyman Gail D.,
Quinn Paul C.,
Messi Francoise A.,
Fu Genyue,
Lee Kang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12442
Subject(s) - psychology , racial bias , developmental psychology , race (biology) , implicit association test , implicit attitude , racial differences , implicit bias , racial group , social cognition , racism , ethnic group , social psychology , cognition , gender studies , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology
This research used an Implicit Racial Bias Test to investigate implicit racial biases among 3‐ to 5‐year‐olds and adult participants in China ( N = 213) and Cameroon ( N = 257). In both cultures, participants displayed high levels of racial biases that remained stable between 3 and 5 years of age. Unlike adults, young children's implicit racial biases were unaffected by the social status of the other‐race groups. Also, unlike adults, young children displayed overt explicit racial biases, and these biases were dissociated from their implicit biases. The results provide strong evidence for the early emergence of implicit racial biases and point to the need to reduce them in early childhood.