Infant Perceptions of Mixed-Race Faces: An Exploration of the Hypodescent Rule in 8.5 Month-Old Infants

Studies have shown that adults often categorize mixed-race individuals of White and non-White descent as members of the non-White racial group, an effect said to be reminiscent of the “hypodescent” or “one-drop rule.” This effect has not yet been thoroughly studied in infants, although 9-month-old i...

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Main Author: Beiers, Sophie
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2013
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/46
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=pitzer_theses

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