Mainstream Theories of the Cognitive Development of Children Have Long

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Essay

Mainstream theories of the cognitive development of children have long suggested that most do not form clear ideas on racial matters until they are five or more years old. Until that age, egocentricity is said to be the child's natural state. Challenge this prevailing view citing research using photos of white and black faces and good/bad word associations and a major ethnographic study of white children in a preschool setting.

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