Melanie Killen, Adam Rutland

Broschiertes Buch

Children and Social Exclusion

Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity

Beschreibung

Children and Social Exclusion: Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity explores the origins of prejudice and the emergence of morality to explain why children include some and exclude others.

Formulates an original theory about children's experiences with exclusion and how they understand the world of discrimination based on group membership

Brings together Social Domain Theory and Social Identity Theory to explain how children view exclusion that often results in prejudice, and inclusion that reflects social justice and morality

Presents new research data consisting of in-depth interviews from childhood to late adolescence, observational findings with peer groups, and experimental paradigms that test how children understand group dynamics and social norms, and show either group bias or morality

Illustrates data with direct quotes from children along with diagrams depicting their social understanding

Presents new insights about the origins of prejudice and group bias, as well as morality and fairness, drawn from extensive original data

Autor

Melanie Killen is Professor of Human Development, Professor of Psychology (Affiliate), and Associate Director for the Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture at the University of Maryland. She is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. She is also a recipient of the Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award by the Provost from the University of Maryland. Her book with Dan Hart, Morality in Everyday Life: Developmental Perspectives (1995), received the outstanding book award from AERA, and her book with Sheri Levy, Intergroup Attitudes and Relations from Childhood to Adulthood , received an Honorable Mention for the Otto Klineberg Memorial Prize from SPSSI. Her research examines the development of morality, intergroup attitudes, exclusion and inclusion, peer relationships, prejudice, culture, and how social experience is related to social-cognitive development. Adam Rutland is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Child Development Unit and Centre for the Study of Group Processes in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent. Previously he has been a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Surrey and been a member of Faculty at the University of Aberdeen. His research examines the development of children's prejudice and social identities. He has conducted recent research into when and how children learn to self-present their explicit attitudes; how intergroup contact can reduce children's prejudice; children's exclusion of peers within groups and acculturation amongst ethnic minority children.

Produktdetails

• Understanding Children's Worlds
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781118571859
• ISBN-10: 1118571851
• Artikelnr.: 37245179

Rezensionen

"Killen and Rutland provide expert broad-ranging reviewsof relevant theories, research, and interventions and conclude withan integrative framework for understanding and addressing peerexclusion." (Journal of Applied DevelopmentalPsychology, 2012)"Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through facultyand professionals." (Choice, 1 November 2011)

"In sum, as we continue to understand and decipher thedevelopment of exclusion and inclusion in children, the frameworkprovided by Killen and Rutland will be an unequivocal guide andimpetus for a myriad of empirical studies in the human developmentfield. After reading this impressive book, I believe the future ofscholarship in this area (and our collective future) is bright

andexciting!" (Human Development Journal, 2013)This is an outstanding book. Through their masterful integration ofdevelopmental and social psychological theories and research,Killen and Rutland have made a major contribution to ourunderstanding of children's morality, social identity, exclusion,and intergroup relationships. This very engaging book is amust-read for scholars and others interested in these important andtimely topics.
--Judi Smetana, University of Rochester

This book makes important and unique contributions to the studyof intergroup relations, morality, and social development. The authors, who are distinguished scholars in this area, introduceoriginal insights that synthesize past research and will guideresearch in this area for many years to come.
--John F. Dovidio, Yale University

This excellent book offers a sweeping treatment of a problemthat all people either experience or fear at some time in theirlives: social exclusion. The authors examine the problem from adevelopmental perspective, offering a comprehensive account of theroots, effects, and broader significance of social exclusionduring childhood. This original, integrative account now stands asthe definitive work on this familiar dimension of children's socialdevelopment.
-- William Damon, Stanford University

Killen and Rutland have done an extraordinary job illuminating acritical phenomenon: when and why children exclude other children.This topic has never been more important, and their book isscholarly, fascinating, wise, and extremely valuable. It is amust-read for everyone interested in understanding how to worktoward a just society.
--Carol Dweck, Stanford University