Two experiments examined whether Whites’ implicit biases toward Blacks could be reduced by conditioning links between Blacks and the self. Via a computer-mediated experience, White participants were assigned to the same (minimal) group as several Black individuals and practiced classifying photographs as “MY GROUP” or “OTHER GROUP.” Subsequent performance on implicit prejudice and stereotyping ...

The short ontogenetic time courses of conformity and stereotyping, both evident in the preschool years, point to the possibility that a central component of human social cognition is an early developing expectation that social group members will engage in common behaviors. Across a series of experiments, we show that by 7 months of age preverbal infants differentiate between actions by individu...

Children’s adherence to gender stereotypes can be detrimental, yet interventions tackle stereotyping have achieved mixed success. Few studies examined developed collaboratively by educators and researchers, the impact of that focus on increasing perceived similarities between genders has tested. The present study evaluated an intervention among 6- 10-year-old British children (47 boys; 37 girls...