Intergroup contact informs children's perceptions of social inequalities
Abstract. Applying intergroup contact theory to children's thinking about social inequalities, this study investigated whether and why 8- to 12-year-old Am
When American kids know more about what immigrants' lives are like they are more likely to notice when immigrants are treated unfairly, think it's not ok, and want that to change ❤️ doi.org/10.1093/chid... @srcdorg.bsky.social @klmulvey.bsky.social @megannorris.bsky.social #devpsyc #socialpsyc
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New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
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15.08.2025 16:36
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New study! The messages that American kids receive about immigrants are really mixed 😕 but kids who see and hear good things (e.g., online) are more open to including new immigrant peers in their own social circles 🧑🤝🧑 #devpsyc #socialpsyc doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
29.07.2025 21:57
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The Social Development Lab is a great place to work!
26.06.2025 12:54
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The Social Development Lab accomplished so much this year!
I'm grateful every day for this persistent, passionate, collaborative team. 🤓❤️
06.05.2025 00:10
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Wanted to share a handy little resource with you all (especially those in dev psych) — my lab & I made a "journal submission cheat sheet" that summarizes article types, word limits, & other requirements for the journals we typically submit to. Link below 👇🏼
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Are Parents Open to Diversity for Their Kids? | SPSP
Kids thrive in diverse friend groups, but this isn’t always what parents choose for them.
Here's an accessible #SPSPblog @spspnews.bsky.social overview of our recent DP #DevPsyc paper on US parents' attitudes about cross-group peer interactions. Bottom line: many parents want their kids to hang out w/ gender, racial, & social class ingroup peers "just like us." spsp.org/news/charact...
20.09.2024 22:27
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I am thrilled that our paper is finally online at Dev Psychology: White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-... A thread! 1/N
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Children's structural thinking about social inequities
Across development, young children reason about why social inequities exist. However, when left to their own devices, young children might engage in internal thinking, reasoning that the inequity is ....
children rationalize social inequities as internal in nature (eg women underrepresented in sci bc women have less sci talent), according to decades of cool yet depressing research. in a new paper, we review recent work on children's structural thinking as a hopeful alternative... (1/3)
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October's Editor's Choice: Someone Who Knows and Someone I Trust: Investigating How and With Whom U.S. 8- to 14-year-old Youth Seek to Learn about Racial Inequality
Ellen Kneeskern & Laura Elenbaas
Free to Read: psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
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Brown and black doggo with a long pink tongue smiling in the grass
I got Maple in my first semester of my PhD. She was good company as I adjusted to being far away from my family for the first time.
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