The white kid across the street from me.
I wanted to play with him for weeks.
The reason why I didn't cross was that I wasn't old enough to cross by myself.
The white kid was 2 years older.
So he came on his own.
There were no in-group preferences.
Social science research is terrible in most cases.
Social issues revolve around complicated variables that change very quickly.
Any sort of social experiment will
Never be able to capture all the variables.
Never be able to keep up with changing emotions of people.
For Example: "Young children show a greater liking for peers of their sex and race and typically play with same-sex others after the age of three"
What do they mean by "greater liking"?
Does this mean they smiled and laughed more with people who looks like them?
Does this mean they moved away from someone who looked different?
Does this mean they told the experiment creator I don't like XYZ group of people?
Not buying it friend.
Most social science is garbage.
I don't consider it to be a real science, to begin with.
I have researched this.
The methods of the experiments don't prove anything.
Young kids don't care about ethnic makeup.
They only care if the parents introduce it.
If a black kid has a cool set of toys around it.
You place some random white kid around them.
If the toys are cool enough.
The white kid would pick up the toys and play with them.
The In Group perference comes from the parents who were taught to say away from other groups.
So they pass that mindset onto their kids.
That doesn't make logical sense.
What you are referring to is the idea that a young having a natural bond with their parents make sense.
What natural benefits would a young child get for having a biologically innate trait for the same groups?
A young kid's mind is very immature. They do not know cultural norms or values. This comes from their parent's teachings.
Send me a peer-reviewed study that explains in detail HOW they collected their sample.
I am assuming they used a Straffied Random Sample which is not the same as a true random sample.
And I am going on my own experience as a kid.
The white kid across the street from me. I wanted to play with him for weeks.
The reason why I didn't cross was that I wasn't old enough to cross by myself.
The white kid was 2 years older.
So he came on his own.
There were no in-group preferences.
Social science research is terrible in most cases. Social issues revolve around complicated variables that change very quickly.
Any sort of social experiment will
For Example: "Young children show a greater liking for peers of their sex and race and typically play with same-sex others after the age of three"
What do they mean by "greater liking"?
Does this mean they smiled and laughed more with people who looks like them? Does this mean they moved away from someone who looked different? Does this mean they told the experiment creator I don't like XYZ group of people?
Not buying it friend.
Most social science is garbage. I don't consider it to be a real science, to begin with.
I have researched this. The methods of the experiments don't prove anything.
Young kids don't care about ethnic makeup. They only care if the parents introduce it.
If a black kid has a cool set of toys around it. You place some random white kid around them. If the toys are cool enough. The white kid would pick up the toys and play with them.