Physically Unclean People, and the Sick, Face Bias (IMAGE)

Boston College

Physically Unclean People, and the Sick, Face Bias

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Researchers from Boston College and Franklin & Marshall College used "twin" images of clean and dirty people to test respondents attitudes toward physically unclean people. They found people develop biases against individuals who are physically dirty as early as the age of five and carry these perceptions into adulthood.

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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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