Age and ethnic variation in children's thinking about the nature of racism

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 597-617

  McKown, Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Elaboration; Ethnic conflict; Racism; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDEOLOGY; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; THINKING;

EID: 7444263446     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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