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An attribution-ofresponsibility (AR) questionnaire was administered to matched samples of Negro and white children representing four age levels. Ethnic differences were observed in the two youngest groups, whereas there were no ethnic differences among the older children. In the younger age groups, Negroes showed a generally less differentiated pattern of AR than the whites. The results were interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that a deprived cultural background retards the rate of learning norms concerning responsibility attribution.
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This research was supported by NSF Grant GS-647. The statistical analyses were done by the University of Florida Computing Center.
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Shaw, M.E., Schneider, F.W. Negro-white differences in attribution of responsibility as a function of age1 . Psychon Sci 16, 289–291 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332693
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