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Reducing Children's Implicit Racial Bias Through Exposure to Positive Out‐Group Exemplars ?

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Abstract Title:
Reducing Children's Implicit Racial Bias Through Exposure to Positive Out‐Group Exemplars
 
Abstract Author(s):
Gonzalez AM1, Steele JR2, Baron AS1.
 
Abstract:

Studies with adults suggest that implicit preferences favoring White versus Black individuals can be reduced through exposure to positive Black exemplars. However, it remains unclear whether developmental differences exist in the capacity for these biases to be changed. This study included 369 children and examined whether their implicit racial bias would be reduced following exposure to positive Black exemplars. Results showed that children's implicit pro-White bias was reduced following exposure to positive Black exemplars, but only for older children (Mage  = ~10 years). Younger children's (Mage  = ~7 years) implicit bias was not affected by this intervention. These results suggest developmental differences in the malleability of implicit racial biases and point to possible age differences in intervention effectiveness.

 

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