Describe two factors that influence the emergence of racial bias at around 3 to 5 years of age in most countries.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Racial bias emerges at around age 3 to 5 years in every country or region that has been studied.
2. Two common tendencies that influence the development of racial bias:
a) Children naturally favor people they classify as being in their in-group over people in out-groups.
b) Children's essentialist thinking about race-the belief that racial-group membership is fixed and reflects an underlying essence shared by all members of the race-leads to an exaggeration of differences between groups and a belief that those differences are innate.
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In Pavlov's experiment, the dog's salivation to the food is referred to as the __________ response
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A pediatrician calculates that an infant is born at 43 weeks gestational age. This infant would
be termed: A) preterm. B) postterm. C) small for gestational age. D) perinatal.
What is self-socialization?
What will be an ideal response?