Back in the 1940s, Kenneth and Mamie Clark – a husband-and-wife team of psychology researchers – used dolls to investigate how young Black children viewed their racial identities. They found that ...
The reassuring female voice asks the child a question: “Can you show me the doll that looks bad?” The child, a preschool-aged black girl, quickly picks up and shows the black doll over a white one ...
It was the psychological study that shaped a generation: Drs. Kenneth and Mamie Clark's doll test. Candace McCowan has more. Brittney Johnson debuts as 'Wicked's' first Black 'Glinda' It showed what ...
It was a simple test. You give a child two dolls, one white, one brown, and ask the child which one he or she likes best. Which one do they want to play with? Which one is the "nice" doll? Which one ...
It was a simple test. You give a child two dolls, one white, one dark-colored, and ask the child which one he or she likes best. Which one do they want to play with? Which one is the “nice” doll?