Antibias message effectiveness varies by child age and socializer group

Evidence

For example, how explicit must an antibias message be when delivered to a 5- versus a 9-year-old by an ingroup compared to an outgroup peer/adult? The answer to this question requires systematically varying message clarity, child age, and socializer group, and measuring the effects on attitude change. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2028

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: the claim that young children may dismiss antibias messages from ingroup members as non-normative suggests a developmental paradox worth digging into.
• SEED: Potential essay: why children reject well-meaning moral lessons from trusted adults — the developmental mechanics of why preaching doesn’t work on the young.