Reducing prejudice Flashcards
(40 cards)
Why tackle prejudice in children?
linked to low self-esteem and peer rejection (Verkyten, 2001)
UN children’s act
easier than changing adult’s opinions
Who develops theory driven interventions?
practitioners design and implement
psychologists develop theories
What are the approaches to reducing prejudice in children?
socialisation
empathy
cognitive development
What is the socialisation approach?
children’s attitudes reflect those of the community (Nesdale, 2004)
Which approach is favoured by practitioners?
Socialisation
What was the Sesame Street Race Relations Curriculum? (Graves, 1999)
an attempt to challenge young children’s racial stereotypes and attitudes
What were the aims of the SSRRC (Graves, 1999)
emphasis similarities
embrace differences
promote inclusion
What was the result of the SSRRC?
1500 children said parents of character would be angry for playing with an out group member
What was wrong with the measures of the SSRRC
changes in stereotypes and attitudes were not obtained and European American adults were not shown.
What did Litcher and Johnson (1969) do on multicultural readers?
evaluated a four week programme, children read stories featuring counter-sterotypical African American characters
What were the findings of Litcher and Johnson (1969)?
prejudice levels were lower following intervention
Koeller (1977) exposed European American children to stories of Mexican Americans…
but they did not lead to more positive intergroup attitudes
McAdoo (1970) after evaluation concluded…
multicultural readers strengthens negative stereotypes
Why do socialisation interventions fail?
based on old research
learning theory approach (children are passive)
Neuberg (1996) people ignore contradictory information
focuses on cultural differences
unconscious negative feelings are stronger (Tropp and Pettigrew, 1995)
What is emotional empathy?
the ability to experience the feelings of another person in response to a particular situation
What is cognitive empathy?
knowledge of the norms and world views of other groups
What does a lack of empathy lead to?
prejudice
Nesdale, Griffith, Durkin and Maass (2005) with 150 white Anglo Australian children…
found empathy is not linked to liking for the same ethnic out group but is linked to liking for a different outgroup
Who started the eyes experiment?
Elliot in the 1960s
Blue eyes are…
cleverer and superior to brown eyed people
Brown eyes are…
lazy and stupid
Step 2 of the eyes study….
favoured blue eyes giving extra privileges
Step 3 of the eyes study…
reversed roles
Weiner and Wright (1973) evaluated what study?
The eyes study
