Development of the Other-Race Effect during Infancy: Evidence toward Universality?

Autor/inn/en	Kelly, David J.; Liu, Shaoying; Lee, Kang; Quinn, Paul C.; Pascalis, Olivier; Slater, Alan M.; Ge, Liezhong
Titel	Development of the Other-Race Effect during Infancy: Evidence toward Universality?
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104 (2009) 1, S.105-114 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2009.01.006
Schlagwörter	Race; Infants; Cultural Context; Whites; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Cultural Differences; African American Children; Chinese; Age Differences; Recognition (Psychology); Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; White; Weißer; Kognitive Entwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Kultureller Unterschied; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; China; Chinesen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	The other-race effect in face processing develops within the first year of life in Caucasian infants. It is currently unknown whether the developmental trajectory observed in Caucasian infants can be extended to other cultures. This is an important issue to investigate because recent findings from cross-cultural psychology have suggested that individuals from Eastern and Western backgrounds tend to perceive the world in fundamentally different ways. To this end, the current study investigated 3-, 6-, and 9-month-old Chinese infants' ability to discriminate faces within their own racial group and within two other racial groups (African and Caucasian). The 3-month-olds demonstrated recognition in all conditions, whereas the 6-month-olds recognized Chinese faces and displayed marginal recognition for Caucasian faces but did not recognize African faces. The 9-month-olds' recognition was limited to Chinese faces. This pattern of development is consistent with the perceptual narrowing hypothesis that our perceptual systems are shaped by experience to be optimally sensitive to stimuli most commonly encountered in one's unique cultural environment. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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