Liz Quinn-Jensen presents poster at and wins diversity travel award for Cognitive Development Society conference
Liz presented a poster titled "Children’s perceptions of Black-White targets’ identity claims" at and was awarded a diversity travel award for the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS).
This research is done in collaboration with Dr. Zoe Liberman.
"We explored children’s (N=160, 4 -11 years old) judgements about others’ racial identity claims. Participants viewed nine target children who varied in their racial background (2 White parents, 2 Black parents, or one parent of each race). Targets claimed they were White, Black, or biracial, and participants decided whether the claim was “OK” or “not OK”. Whereas participants across all ages and racial backgrounds found it most acceptable for monoracial targets to claim identities that matched their parentage, participants’ judgments about biracial targets’ claims varied based on their own background. With age, White children became more likely to say all three identity claims were equally appropriate, whereas non-White children became more likely with age to think biracial claims were the most appropriate."
Liz was also awarded a Diversity Travel Award!
Wonderfully done, Liz!
