Stereotype Development in Andalusian Children

  • Almudena Giménez de la Peña
  • Jesús M. Canto Ortiz
  • Pablo Fernández Berrocal
Keywords: stereotypes, social identity, intergroup relations

Abstract

Social psychologists have shown a profound interest in intergroup relationships, but there are very few papers focusing on the developmental aspects that explain the psychological mechanisms involved in the construction of group and cultural identity. Our research aims to explore how the self-categorization of Andalusian children evolves. We tried to assess the degree to which they self-identify as Andalusian, Spanish, and European, and how this identification changes with age. We were also interested in the affective evaluation of different groups (French, Italian, English, German, Spanish, Catalonian, and Andalusian) made by Andalusian children. Furthermore, we analyzed the relationship between selfcategorization and the evaluation of these groups. Results show that the development of national (autonomous community) identity in these children is influenced by their cognitive development, as well as by the relationships among the regional communities of Spain and the relationships between Spain and other countries. The peculiarity of Andalusians as a group is that they assume both identities: Spanish and Andalusian, from a very early age. In-group favoritism is an extended phenomenon at all ages, and Andalusian children have a negative stereotype of the other Spanish groups and other European communities.

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Published
2003-01-01
How to Cite
Giménez de la Peña A., Canto Ortiz J. M. y Fernández Berrocal P. (2003). Stereotype Development in Andalusian Children. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 6(1), 28-34. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/SJOP/article/view/SJOP0303120028A
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