Abstract

ACUNA FIGUEROA, María Belén; AGUILERA SICOT, Romina; CESARIO, Julieta  and  IMHOFF, Débora. SOCIAL CLEAVAGES AND COMPREHENSION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN CHILDREN FROM CONTRASTIVE SOCIAL GROUPS. Cienc. Psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.10, n.1, pp.17-29. ISSN 1688-4094.

The study investigates the notions of children from contrasting social groups around social inequality. Its main interest rests on the analysis of infant cognitive constructions considering the social contexts of belonging. A descriptive and qualitative empirical study was performed. Seventy-six semi-structured interviews to children of 10 and 11 years old, from medium-high and low socioeconomic status of the city of Cordoba, were conducted, selected by theoretical sampling. The data obtained were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. In turn, an analysis of the underlying causal attributions was made and a traversal exploration of the ideological dimension around the understanding of this social problem. Results indicate that both groups shared some aspects about their understanding of social inequality. Still, certain dimensions showed differences between the two groups, accounting for differences in the way to understand social inequality based on social belongings of the participants

Keywords : social notions; social inequality; childhood; social cleavages.

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