Racial awareness, affect and sorting abilitiesa study wiht Preschool Children

  1. Guerrero, Silvia
  2. Enesco Arana, Ileana
  3. Lam, Virginia
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 27

Número: 3

Páginas: 639-646

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

En este trabajo se evaluó la conciencia racial y las actitudes tempranas en 50 niños españoles del grupo mayoritario (blancos), divididos en dos grupos de edad (36-48 meses y 60-71 meses). Se desarrollaron un conjunto de tareas que, mediante una entrevista semi-estructurada, permitieron obtener una medida del desarrollo cognitivo (tarea de clasificación), medidas socio-cognitivas (tareas de descripción personas, clasificación y la autoidentificación) y medidas afectivas (preferencias y rechazos). Además, se pidió a los niños que hicieran atribuciones sobre la preferencia o rechazo racial de sus madres. En general, las respuestas de los niños en la descripción y clasificación de personas mostraron que el género y el color de la ropa tenían más relevancia que los atributos raciales. En las tareas afectivas, se encontró un sistemático sesgo endogrupal (blanco) y un leve rechazo hacia el exogrupo (negro). La medida de desarrollo cognitivo se relacionaba con la conciencia y actitudes raciales en mayor medida que la edad. Los resultados se comparan con trabajos en los que se ha empleado el mismo procedimiento, pero en un contexto multirracial, y se discuten a partir de los distintos enfoques teóricos y de los continuos cambios sociodemográficos en España.

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