Children's thinking about group-based social hierarchies
IA Heck, K Shutts, KD Kinzler - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Wealth, power, and status are distributed unevenly across social groups. A surge of recent
research reveals that people being recognizing, representing, and reasoning about group …
research reveals that people being recognizing, representing, and reasoning about group …
Children's evaluations of individually and structurally based inequalities: The role of status.
Social inequalities limit important opportunities and resources for members of marginalized
and disadvantaged groups. Understanding the origins of how children construct their …
and disadvantaged groups. Understanding the origins of how children construct their …
Developmental shifts toward structural explanations and interventions for social status disparities
As part of their early “essentialist” intuitions, young children view intergroup differences as
reflecting groups' intrinsic natures. In the present study, we explore the nature and …
reflecting groups' intrinsic natures. In the present study, we explore the nature and …
The influence of linguistic form and causal explanations on the development of social essentialism
Generic descriptions of social categories (eg, boys play baseball; girls have long hair) lead
children and adults to think of the referenced categories (ie, boys and girls) in essentialist …
children and adults to think of the referenced categories (ie, boys and girls) in essentialist …
Language shapes children's attitudes: Consequences of internal, behavioral, and societal information in punitive and nonpunitive contexts.
JP Dunlea, L Heiphetz - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Research has probed the consequences of providing people with different types of
information regarding why a person possesses a certain characteristic. However, this work …
information regarding why a person possesses a certain characteristic. However, this work …
How do young children explain differences in the classroom? Implications for achievement, motivation, and educational equity
Classroom settings bring to light many differences between children—differences that
children notice and attempt to explain. Here, we advance theory on the psychological …
children notice and attempt to explain. Here, we advance theory on the psychological …
[HTML][HTML] Verbally highlighting extrinsic causes of novel social disparities helps children view low-status groups as structurally disadvantaged rather than personally …
R Peretz-Lange, P Muentener - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As part of their “essentialist” intuitions, young children tend to form personal attributions for
observed intergroup differences–attributing them to groups' intrinsic natures or inborn …
observed intergroup differences–attributing them to groups' intrinsic natures or inborn …
[HTML][HTML] Structural explanations lead young children and adults to rectify resource inequalities
N Vasil, M Srinivasan, ME Ellwood-Lowe… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Decisions about how to divide resources have profound social and practical consequences.
Do explanations regarding the source of existing inequalities influence how children and …
Do explanations regarding the source of existing inequalities influence how children and …
Why are there no girls? Increasing children's recognition of structural causes of the gender gap in STEM
The gender disparity in STEM fields emerges early in development. This research examined
children's explanations for this gap and investigated two approaches to enhance children's …
children's explanations for this gap and investigated two approaches to enhance children's …
A psychological account of the unique decline in anti-gay attitudes
Anti-gay attitudes have declined in the US The magnitude, speed, and demographic scope
of this change have been impressive especially in comparison with prejudice against other …
of this change have been impressive especially in comparison with prejudice against other …