社区多样性和婴儿时期的其他种族影响
Trinity Bauer1, Cidnee Hall1, Aslı Bursalıoğlu1
1Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Frontiers in psychology
|September 28, 2023
概括
其他种族效应 (ORE) 在婴儿期出现,但社区的种族多样性可以减轻其发展. 来自不同地区的婴儿显示出较少的ORE,这表明增加暴露减少了种族处理偏见.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
- 婴儿面部感知 婴儿面部感知
背景情况:
- 其他种族效应 (ORE) 是婴儿对自己种族面孔的优先处理,而不是其他种族面孔,在9个月左右出现.
- 对不同种族群体的环境暴露影响了ORE的发展和力量.
- 了解ORE的发展对于解决早期出现的种族偏见及其社会影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查社区种族多样性对美国9至12个月大的婴儿对其他种族的影响.
- 为了测试这样的假设,即更大的社区多样性通过增加婴儿接触其他种族的个体来减少ORE.
- 根据社区人口统计和婴儿的种族群体,研究ORE的区域差异.
主要方法:
- 在线学习使用熟悉和视觉配对比较 (VPC) 任务与自己的和其他种族的面孔.
- 参与者是来自美国各地不同社区的9至12个月大的婴儿.
- 评估了社区的种族多样性与ORE强度的相关性.
主要成果:
- 存在其他种族效应,但主要是由属于社区内大多数种族的婴儿所驱动的.
- 来自种族或少数民族群体的婴儿没有表现出显著的识别偏差,这表明ORE发展减轻了.
- 在不同社区中对种族外群成员的接触增加似乎减少了ORE.
结论:
- 社区的种族多样性在调节婴儿期其他种族效应的发展方面发挥着重要作用.
- ORE不均,可以通过早期接触种族外群来削弱.
- 这些发现对了解早期种族偏见,儿童发展和社会正义有影响,突出了干预的潜力.
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