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Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos UFSCar, Sao Carlos - Brazil
[2] Natl Univ Ireland, Maynooth, Kildare - Ireland
Total Affiliations: 2
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD; v. 71, n. 2, p. 265-277, JUN 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
This study aimed to verify the role of three parameters on the formation of equivalence classes between Black faces and a positive symbol, in children who demonstrated negative bias toward Black faces in a pretest. Maintenance was also verified 6 weeks after equivalence tests. Forty-six children (11 Black; 27 girls) who demonstrated racial bias in a pretest were divided into four groups. All groups first learned AB relations (A1 and A2 were, respectively, a positive and a negative symbol, and B were abstract stimuli) and then BC relations (C1 was a Black face and C2 was an abstract stimulus). The Control Group then advanced immediately to equivalence tests (AC, and CA, without differential consequences). For the Mixed Training Group, a block of trials mixing AB and BC relations, with differential consequences, preceded equivalence tests. For the Feedback Reduction Group, equivalence tests were preceded by a trial block mixing AB and BC relations, but with feedback in 50% of trials. The Symmetry Group received symmetry tests after training of each baseline relation. Thirty-three children showed class formation relating Black faces and the positive symbol, and 27 maintained at least one of the equivalence relations after 6 weeks. Average biases toward Black faces were positive in a posttest, for participants who formed equivalence classes, and remained negative for those that did not form classes. The Control Group showed less pronounced bias reduction and maintenance of relations after 6 weeks, suggesting that these outcomes may be affected by training parameters. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/50909-8 - Inct 2014 - comportamento,cognicao e ensino (inct-ecce):aprendizagem relacional e funcionamento simbolico. |
| Grantee: | Deisy das Graças de Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/10225-5 - Establishment and maintenance of stimulus equivalence classes with meaningful stimuli using matching to sample and respondent-type procedures: Exploring racial prejudiced attitudes. |
| Grantee: | Táhcita Medrado Mizael |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/01874-7 - ANALYSIS OF NODALITY EFFECT ON DERIVED RELATIONAL NETWORKS OF SIMILARITY, OPPOSITION AND HIERARCHY. |
| Grantee: | João Henrique de Almeida |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/57705-8 - Instituto de estudos sobre comportamento, cognicao e ensino |
| Grantee: | Deisy das Graças de Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |