From Aggression to Hate Crimes: The Factors of Hatred
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:58:18
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 4 pages (1209 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 4 pages (1209 words)
Abstract
At what age do young people begin to hate? Studies tell us that in all-boy pairs or groups, at least in the United States, physical aggression seems to remain both relatively high and constant over the childhood years (Fabes, Knight, & Higgins, 1995). It has been documented that educators, sociologists, and even parents have observed that children begin to notice differences in skin color in other children as early as the ages of three
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