A Long‐Term Effect of Perceptual Individuation Training on Reducing Implicit Racial Bias in Preschool Children. Issue 3 (12th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qian, Miao K.; Quinn, Paul C.; Heyman, Gail D.; Pascalis, Olivier; Fu, Genyue; Lee, Kang
• Is Part Of: Child development. Volume 90:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: e290
• Page End: e305
• Publication Date: 2017-10-12
• Subjects: Child development -- Periodicals; Child psychology -- Periodicals; Child Development -- Periodicals; Child Development; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pedicatrics; 305.231
• DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12971
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-3920

Abstract

Abstract : This study tracked the long‐term effect of perceptual individuation training on reducing 5‐year‐old Chinese children's ( N = 95, M age = 5.64 years) implicit pro‐Asian/anti‐Black racial bias. Initial training to individuate other‐race Black faces, followed by supplementary training occurring 1 week later, resulted in a long‐term reduction of pro‐Asian/anti‐Black bias (70 days). In contrast, training Chinese children to recognize White or Asian faces had no effect on pro‐Asian/anti‐Black bias. Theoretically, the finding that individuation training can have a long‐term effect on reducing implicit racial bias in preschoolers suggests that a developmentally early causal linkage between perceptual and social processing of faces is not a transitory phenomenon. Practically, the data point to an effective intervention method for reducing implicit racism in young children.