At the Fifth Project on Law and Mind Sciences Conference,“Young Children’s Understanding of Social Inequality” (Harvard, 2011) , Kristina Olson made a fascinating presentation, titled “Stress and Reslience: Pathways to Social Disparities in Health.” The video of her presentation is above. Here is a short description:
Dr. Olson discusses recent research indicating that even young children (aged 3-5 years), have an understanding of social inequality. In her lab and others, researchers are finding astounding evidence that children routinely notice social inequality, they favor individuals and groups who are high in social status, and they often behave in ways that perpetuate inequalities between individuals and groups. Olson describes these results, their implications, and will describe other behaviors children engage in that might offset some of these biases to uphold or perpetuate the status quo.
Related Situationist posts:
- Psychology of Inequality
- Laura Kubzansky on Stress and Resilience
- Ichiro Kawachi on Income Inequality and Population Health
- Malcolm Gladwell on the Situation of Equality Discourse
- John Palfrey’s PLMS Conference Reflections
- SALMS Liveblogs PLMS Conference
- Harvard Law Record on Tomorrow’s PLMS Conference
- Fifth PLMS Conference Agenda
- The Situational Effects of Wealth and Status
- Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution,
- Even monkeys know when they’re being treated unfairly
- A Discussion about (In)Equality
- The Interior Situational Reaction to Inequality
- The Young and the Lucky
