Learning social attitudes: Children's sensitivity to the nonverbal behaviors of adult models during interracial interactions

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1504-1513

  Castelli, Luigi ^a,c   De Dea, Cristina ^a   Nesdale, Drew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Dipartimento di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Nonverbal behavior; Racial attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53149133964     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167208322769     Document Type: Article

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