Racial justification (merely noticing and describing racial differences) did not uniquely predict out-group stereotyping, unlike functional sorting by race¶
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q3 i? Racial justification was not a significant predictor in the final regression model (β = .08, per Table 4), contrasting with sorting by race (β = .34, p = .003). → Pauker 2010
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Pauker 2010¶
Pauker, K., Ambady, N., & Apfelbaum, E. P. (2010). Race Salience and Essentialist Thinking in Racial Stereotype Development. Child Development, 81(6), 1799–1813. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01511.x
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Same hierarchical regression (74 subjects, final model F(9, 64) = 6.67, R2 = .48, p < .001) reported in the Predictors of Out-group Stereotyping section. The authors state "Racial justification was not a significant predictor in the final model", interpreting this as evidence that functional use of race matters more than noticing perceptual differences.
"Note, however, that only one of our measures of race salience remained significant in the final model, namely sorting by race. Racial justification was not a significant predictor in the final model, which highlights perhaps the importance of functional use of race (i.e., using it to organize the world) opposed to merely noticing perceptual differences."
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Related Claims¶
- Children's essentialist reasoning about racial change increased with age, and essentialist reasoning about others (but not the self) predicted out-group stereotyping — related
- Children begin applying racial stereotypes to out-groups around age 6, with out-group stereotyping increasing across age groups while in-group stereotyping shows no reliable age differences — related
- Sorting by race, racial constancy for self, and racial constancy for others uniquely predicted out-group stereotyping in a hierarchical regression controlling for age, sex, ethnicity, and classification skill — related
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Racial justification (merely noticing and describing racial differences) did not uniquely predict out-group stereotyping, unlike functional sorting by race |
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Racial justification (merely noticing and describing racial differences) did not uniquely predict out-group stereotyping, unlike functional sorting by race |
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