APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Moral Reasoning Predicts Positive Evaluations of Diverse Peers Based on Race and Gender

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Developmental

Session: Poster Session I

Authors

Abstract

Children's use of moral reasoning in a web based tool was compared with their trait attributions towards diverse peers based on race and gender. Increased moral reasoning was positively associated with White participants' attributions of positive traits to female peers and male participants' attributions of positive traits to Black peers.

Racism and Discrimination