When social fear is missing, so are racial stereotypes, shows study of children with Williams syndrome

Monday, April 12, 2010 - 13:15 in Psychology & Sociology

Children with the genetic condition known as Williams syndrome have unusually friendly natures because they lack the sense of fear that the rest of us feel in many social situations. Now, a study suggests that children with Williams Syndrome are missing something else the rest of us have from a very tender age: the proclivity to stereotype others based on their race.

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