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  • Do Children See in Black and White? Children’s and Adults’ Categorizations of Multiracial Individuals

    Do Children See in Black and White? Children’s and Adults’ Categorizations of Multiracial Individuals Child Development Published Online: 2015-08-28 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12410 Steven O. Roberts Department of Psychology University of Michigan Susan A. Gelman, Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics University of Michgan Categorizations of multiracial individuals provide insight into the development of…

  • Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences

    Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences Child Development Published Online: 2014-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12266 Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Eva E. Chen, Assistant Professor of Social Science The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kathleen H. Corriveau, Assistant Professor of Human…

  • Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways

    Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways Child Development Volume 77, Number 5, September/October 2006 Pages 1298–1308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00935.x Steven Hitlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Iowa J. Scott Brown, Associate Professor of Gerontology, Scripps Research Fellow Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Glen H. Elder, Jr. Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina…

  • The Inheritability of Identity: Children’s Understanding of the Cultural Biology of Race

    The Inheritability of Identity: Children’s Understanding of the Cultural Biology of Race Child Development Volume 66 Issue 5 (October 1995) Pages 1418 – 1437 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00943.x Lawrence A. Hirschfeld, Professor, Anthropology & Psychology Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts 4 experiments explored adult and grade school children’s beliefs about inheritability of identity,…

  • Forced to Choose: Some Determinants of Racial Identification

    Forced to Choose: Some Determinants of Racial Identification Child Development May/June 2004 Volume 75, Number 3 Pages 730-748 Melissa Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dartmouth University This paper categorizes multiracial youth (N=1,496) ages 14 to 19 and compares them with other and with monoracial youth on identity development measures.  The multiracial categories used here are…