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Originally posted by BlueTimberwolf
See I think the original experiment suggests bias, since there is no control of a child's impression of a black doll without a white alternative.
But yeah feel free to explain.
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You need the white alternative. Because if the hypothesis concerns race relations, particularly concepts of inferiority and inferiority, both exists in relativity. Nothing can be superior without having an inferior, and thus 2 options are presented.
If you simply present a single doll with one child and ask if it's good or bad/evil etc, the context of the question is far more unclear to them. What is bad? Is it their clothes? their expression? their hair?
I am confident to believe that a child is inclined to answer positively because most children like dolls, dolls bring them joy. Why would they think a doll in and of itself is bad?
Regardless of whether their first answer is negative or positive, it sets precedent for the latter half of your experiment when you introduce the alternative. It may affect how they answer the following questions.
Social science is tricky. Control variables must be carefully considered. Do you now understand how your methodology is problematic?