How Children and Adolescents Evaluate Gender and Racial Exclusion

by Killen, Melanie; Lee-Kim, Jennie; McGlothlin, Heidi; Stangor, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781405112352
• ISBN10: 1405112352
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This monograph is the report of an investigation of social exclusion in the contexts of friendship, peer groups, and school through interviews conducted with children and adolescents from four different ethnic groups. The research was guided by social-cognitive domain theory, social psychological, and developmental theories on intergroup relationships, and the findings supported the proposal that exclusion is multifaceted, involving a range of social and moral considerations.

Author Biography

Melanie Killen (University of Maryland) is Professor of Human Development and Associate Director of the Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture at the University of Maryland. She is co-editor (with Daniel Hart) of Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives, co-editor (with Jonas Langer) of Piaget, Evolution, and Development, and editor of Children’s Autonomy, Social Competence and Interactions with Adults and Children. Her research area is social and moral development, including social reasoning about group inclusion and exclusion, implicit biases about groups, and cultural influences on development.

Jennie Lee-Kim (University of Maryland) is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland. Her dissertation is on how Korean-American children evaluate parental expectations regarding boys’ and girls’ peer activity preferences.

Heidi McGlothlin (University of Maryland) is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland. Her dissertation is on children’s implicit racial biases and the role of social experience on these types of biases.

Charles Stangor (University of Maryland) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland. He is co-editor (with Neil Macrae and Miles Hewstone) of Stereotypes and Stereotyping and co-editor (with Janet Swim) of Prejudice: The Target’s Perspective. His research area is intergroup relations, with a focus on stereotyping and prejudice.

Table of Contents

Abstract	vii
Introduction, Theoretical Background, and Prior Research	1	(26)
Goals and Aims of the Present Project	27	(12)
Method	39	(6)
Results	45	(39)
Discussion	84	(17)
Appendix A: Scenarios and Questions Used in the Interview	101	(6)
Appendix B: Summary of the Interview Protocol Design	107	(2)
References	109	(10)
Acknowledgments	119	(1)
Commentary Is it Ever Ok to Exclude on the Basis of Race or Gender?: The Role of Context, Stereotypes, and Historical Change	120	(10)
Charles C. Helwig
Contributors	130	(1)
Statement of Editorial Policy	131