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Third-graders, on the other hand, rated blue team members equally negatively whether they'd heard bad things about them or had a bad experience. By fifth grade, kids weighed their own experience more highly than an adult's assessment, rating blue team kids more negatively if they'd gotten an empty cup than if they'd heard an adult speak poorly of them. Learning lessons In a second study, the researchers decided to find out how kids would feel about an outgroup if the adult's statement didn't match their experiences. With a new group of 148 kids, the experimenters repeated the first study; this time, some of the participants were told that blue team kids were mean while receiving a generous "prize" from a blue team member, while others were told that blue team kids were nice while receiving an empty cup. Again, first-graders trusted the adult more than they did their own experience, rating blue team members equally badly when they'd heard something nasty about them whether they'd gotten a generous gift or no gift. By fifth grade, a positive experience outweighed a negative assessment by an adult, and kids improved their view of blue team members based on a generous prize. The point, Kang said, is that adults can shape expectations of prejudice and stigma in young children, suggesting that negative warnings about discrimination in early childhood could backfire. Instead, Kang said, teachers and parents should focus on the positive aspects of diversity. "While it is important to equip children with the ability to recognize discrimination when it happens, we don't want them to shut themselves off from the possibility of positive relationships with members of groups different from their own," she said. The research appears in the March 2012 issue of the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Questions 1. What is the main idea (thesis) of this article? State it in ONE sentence. (1 point) 2. Why does Sonia Kang say it isnt enough for us to lecture older children about equality? (1 point) 3. How do kids develop discrimination as they get older? (1 point) 4. What happened in each of the 2 studies? (2 points) 5. Why is childrens OWN experience with outgroup children increasingly important as they age? (1 point) 6. How do these findings compare to your personal experience of how kids learn prejudice? Explain. (2 points)