Korean Journal of Child Studies (아동학회지)

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Children's Awareness of Racial Features, Racial In-Group Classification and Racial Preference According to Visual and Language Features

유아의 인종적 신체 특징 인식, 외모와 언어 단서에 따른 내집단 범주화 및 선호도

  • Lee, Jungmin ;
  • Lee, Kangyi (Department of Child Development and Family Studies and Researcher of Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2013.11.30
  • Accepted : 2014.03.15
  • Published : 2014.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the awareness of racial features, racial in-group classification and preference by Korean children. The study participants comprised 89 children aged 3-5 years. The children performed photograph description and choice tasks. The major findings were as follows: First, older children were significantly more likely than younger children to use racial feature and less likely to use general physical feature to describe the stimuli. Second, children tended to select the South-Asian person speaking in Korean language as a Korean, rather than the Korean person speaking in English. Third, children tended to select the person of Korean appearance speaking in English as a playmate. The result revealed the developmental features of racial awareness. Furthermore the correspondence of language plays an important role on the children's in-group classification whereas the correspondence of appearance plays an important role on the children's preference.

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