Psychology:Individual differences.

Here is some notes,without referring to any material.I will try my best to explain the bits and parcel of what i have studied. Individual differences in psychology is the study of human behaviour,where human may differs from each other. The studies are often ethcnocentrically bias(judging from one's own ethnic point of view). The study which i am going to post about later is the review study conducted by Hraba and Grant. This study is a replica of a previous study conducted by Clarke and Clarke on racial issue.

The aim of the study is to see the 1)racial identity 2)racial self identification 3)racial preferences among both black and white children. Racial identity in psychology may refer to the ability to differentiate human race,in the early stage (4-6 years old) such as black and white and a bit later (6-9) on more sophisticated one such as identifying hispanic,Malays and etc.

Racial self identitification in psychological terms may refer to the ability to identify one's race. For example a black american child awares of his race,admitting he belongs to the community of the black Americans.

Racial preference may refer to the evaluation of the preference among people in terms of race. Which race would be preferable(gives more positive values).

To be continued.....