PSYC 308 Final: Clark & Clark 1939 notes
20 Dec 2016
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Clark, k. b. , & clark, m. k. (1939). Emergence of racial identification in negro preschool children. Self consciousness: ability to recognize that you are belonging to a group and your role within that group. Race consciousness: ability to recognize that you belong to a racial group, and that you are discriminated against. Baldwin/piaget: identity and consciousness develops within a social context, and is age sensitive around ages 2 to 3. Lewin: i or self forms gradually around age 2 and 3. Allport: self consciousness develops only after ages four or five. Horowitz: problem of children"s emergent awareness of themselves with reference to a specific social grouping, and how race consciousness comes about as a function of ego development. Participants: 150 black children in segregated schools (75 males, 75 females: 50 three-year olds, 50 four-year olds, 50 five-year olds. Asked boys to show me which one is you (name of child).
