Preschool Children's Classification Skills and a Multicultural Education Intervention To Promote Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity.(Brief Article)

From: Childhood Education | Date: September 15, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Preschool Children's Classification Skills and a Multicultural Education Intervention To Promote Acceptance of Ethnic Diversity

-- Bernstein, Zimmerman, Werner-Wilson, & Vosburg

Recent research on stereotyping suggests that the development of cognitive processes influences young children's attitudes generally, rather than specifically. Racial stereotyping is one component of racial prejudice that seems likely to involve cognitive factors. Therefore, stereotyping at a young age may be viewed as an inherent cognitive classification mechanism. In this study, the acceptance ...

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