Gendered Race: Are Infants’ Face Preferences Guided by Intersectionality of Sex and Race?
People occupy multiple social categories simultaneously (e.g., a White female), and this complex intersectionality affects fundamental aspects of social perception. Here, we examined the possibility that infant face processing may be susceptible to effects of intersectionality of sex and race. Three...
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doaj-121538fad32a4218aef371ee13d6c2902020-11-24T23:52:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-09-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01330132061Gendered Race: Are Infants’ Face Preferences Guided by Intersectionality of Sex and Race?Hojin I Kim0Kerri L Johnson1Scott P Johnson2University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesPeople occupy multiple social categories simultaneously (e.g., a White female), and this complex intersectionality affects fundamental aspects of social perception. Here, we examined the possibility that infant face processing may be susceptible to effects of intersectionality of sex and race. Three- and 10-month-old infants were shown a series of computer-generated face pairs (5 s each) that differed according to sex (F or M) or race (Asian, Black, or White). All possible combinations of face pairs were tested, and preferences were recorded with an eye tracker. Infants showed preferences for more feminine faces only when they were White, but we found no evidence that White or Asian faces were preferred even though they are relatively more feminized. These findings challenge the notions that infants’ social categories are processed independently of one another and that infants’ preferences for sex or race can be explained from mere exposure.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01330/fullsex differencessocial developmentsocial cognitive developmentsex and race categorizationinfant face preference |
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Gendered Race: Are Infants’ Face Preferences Guided by Intersectionality of Sex and Race? |
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Gendered Race: Are Infants’ Face Preferences Guided by Intersectionality of Sex and Race? |
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gendered race: are infants’ face preferences guided by intersectionality of sex and race? |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Psychology |
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1664-1078 |
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2015-09-01 |
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People occupy multiple social categories simultaneously (e.g., a White female), and this complex intersectionality affects fundamental aspects of social perception. Here, we examined the possibility that infant face processing may be susceptible to effects of intersectionality of sex and race. Three- and 10-month-old infants were shown a series of computer-generated face pairs (5 s each) that differed according to sex (F or M) or race (Asian, Black, or White). All possible combinations of face pairs were tested, and preferences were recorded with an eye tracker. Infants showed preferences for more feminine faces only when they were White, but we found no evidence that White or Asian faces were preferred even though they are relatively more feminized. These findings challenge the notions that infants’ social categories are processed independently of one another and that infants’ preferences for sex or race can be explained from mere exposure. |
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sex differences social development social cognitive development sex and race categorization infant face preference |
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