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Examining differences in minority versus majority preschoolers on social categorization and perceived intergroup distance

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Abstract We examined the differences between majority and minority children (i.e., group membership) on racial categorization and perceived cultural distance, among 4‐ to 6‐year‐old children, in low diversified schools. We used a spontaneous social categorization task using pictures of children from three different racial groups broadly represented in France (Europeans, Black‐, and North‐Africans), and an evaluation of the perceived cultural distance between participants' in‐group and the racial group represented in the picture, adapted to children and based on three factors (language, eating habits, and music). Results revealed an effect of age on racial categorization: the older the children, the more successful they are in this task. They showed a significant effect of the racial group represented in the photos on perceived cultural distance: members of minority groups (i.e., Black‐ and North‐Africans) were evaluated as more different compared to those of the majority group on each of the factors. Finally, we got an interaction between participants' in‐group and the racial group represented in the pictures, for the language factor: members of the majority group perceived as more different photographs representing minorities peers than those representing majority peers, while participants belonging to minority groups perceived no differences between photographs, according to the racial criteria.
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hal-04405861 , version 1 (19-01-2024)

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Cassandra Gedeon, Rana Esseily, Constantina Badea. Examining differences in minority versus majority preschoolers on social categorization and perceived intergroup distance. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 2020, 31 (1), pp.94-106. ⟨10.1002/casp.2479⟩. ⟨hal-04405861⟩
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