Early Social Categories Kristina R Olson Associate Professor of Psychology University of Washington
That’s a cat.
That’s a bat.
That’s a rat.
That’s a hat.
That’s a gnat.
Statistical Learning
Associate Higher stat race with higher status
White>Black White>Multiracial Black>Multiracial race with higherstatus belongings Percentage associatingPercentagehigher status
Ages 4-10 years Olson, Shutts, Kinzler, & Weisman, 2012 Seattle, WA
• Preregistration of analysis plan & hypotheses New Haven, CT • Publicly available data • Open, available methods training videos to encourage replication Durham, NC Los Angeles, CA
Honolulu, HI
National Science Foundation, SBE-1727745 Collaborative: RR: Origins of Intergroup Perceptions and Attitudes Across Diverse Contexts ChIPS: Children’s Intergroup Perceptions Study Status Quo Bias
0.70
0.60
0.50 More to Privileged 0.40 Equal 0.30 More to Underprivileged Proportion 0.20
0.10
0.00 AgeYoung 3-7 yrs AgeOld 8-11 yrs Age
Olson, Dweck, Spelke, & Banaji, 2011 Interracial Friendship
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Eason, Newheiser, & Olson, under review
*supported by NSF GRFP to Arianne Eason
Skinner, Meltzoff, & Olson, 2017; Skinner, Olson, & Meltzoff, under review OR National Science Foundation, SBE-1523632 Towards a Broader Understanding of Gender Development I’m a boy!
Durwood et al, 2017; Olson et al, 2016
SBE-1727745 – Social Psychology SBE-1715068 – Multidisciplinary/SBE Postdoc Thank you SBE-1523632 – Developmental Sciences SBE-1322514 – Law and Social Sciences SBE-1004797 – Multidisciplinary/REU Site
Henry Roediger Mahzarin Banaji Carol Dweck Elizabeth Spelke
Mentors/Collaborators: Garrett Duncan, Alan Lambert, Marcia Johnson, Paul Bloom, Laurie Santos, Cheryl Kaiser, Greg Mandel, Karen Wynn, Sapna Cheryan, Katie McLaughlin, Jeff Zacks, Max Bazerman, Jim Sidanius, Wendy Mendes, Carol Martin, Susan Gelman, Sarah Gaither, Yarrow Dunham, Kristin Pauker, May Ling Halim
Grad Students & Postdocs: Alex Shaw, Sara Haga, Alia Martin, Anna Newheiser, Sylvia Perry, Kristin Leimgruber, Suzanne Horwitz, Vivian Li, James Rae, Arianne Eason, Allison Skinner, Anne Fast, Elizabeth Ake, Eric Gomez, Selin Gulgoz, Lily Durwood, Jessica Glazier, Charlie Blotner
Staff/Post-bacs: Nina Slywotzky, Anna Merrill, Melanie Fox, Sara Guirgis, Gabrielle Lindquist, Riley Lowe, Daniel Alonso, Kayla Lewis Dozens of amazing undergraduates, REU students, volunteers. Families of all participants. Underline indicates NSF Supported student or collaboration.