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Age-related changes in children's accent-based resource distribution.

Jessica L Spence¹, Kana Imuta¹

¹School of Psychology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

|February 7, 2020

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Children

Keywords:

Accent In-group bias Race Resource distribution Social preference

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Background:

Children show preferences for native-accented and same-race peers.
When race and accent conflict, children favor native-accented, other-race peers over foreign-accented, same-race peers.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how children's social preferences for accent and race translate into resource distribution behavior.
To examine developmental changes in children's use of accent and race as social markers.

Main Methods:

77 native English-speaking, White children (5-10 years old) participated.
Children distributed three coins to pairs of unfamiliar children depicted in photographs.
Recipients varied in race and accent, with an option for equal distribution.

Main Results:

Younger children (under 7) favored peers sharing both accent and race.
Mid-age children (7-8 years) favored accent in-group only when paired with an out-group race.
Older children (9-10 years) consistently favored their accent in-group, irrespective of race.

Conclusions:

Accent becomes a more significant social marker for resource distribution with age.
Developmentally, children's social decision-making shifts from prioritizing shared race and accent to prioritizing accent.
These findings highlight the evolving role of linguistic cues in children's social cognition and intergroup behavior.