How race and gender shape the development of social prototypes in the United States.
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SUBMITTER: Lei RF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9413299 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
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How race and gender shape the development of social prototypes in the United States.
Lei Ryan F RF Leshin Rachel A RA Moty Kelsey K Foster-Hanson Emily E Rhodes Marjorie M
Journal of experimental psychology. General 20211223 8
The present studies examined how gender and race information shape children's prototypes of various social categories. Children (<i>N</i> = 543; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 5.81, range = 2.75-10.62; 281 girls, 262 boys; 193 White, 114 Asian, 71 Black, 50 Hispanic, 39 Multiracial, 7 Middle-Eastern, 69 race unreported) most often chose White people as prototypical of <i>boys</i> and <i>men</i>-a pattern that increased with age. For female gender categories, children most often selected a White <i>gir ...[more]
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