APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Moral Reasoning Predicts Positive Evaluations of Diverse Peers Based on Race and Gender
- Jonquil Rumberger
University of Maryland, College Park - Kathyrn Yee
University of Maryland, College Park - Justin Zhou
University of Maryland, College Park - Ryusei Taguchi
University of Maryland, College Park - Nitesh Acharya
University of Maryland, College Park - Riley Sims
University of Maryland, College Park - Katherine Luken Raz
UMD - Elise Kaufman
University of Maryland, College Park - Marley Forbes
University of Maryland, College Park - Jacquelyn Glidden
University of Maryland, College Park - Melanie Killen
University of Maryland, College Park
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
