Communication encoding and decoding in children from different socioeconomic and racial groups

Notes that lower socioeconomic status (SES) White and Black children have been shown to be inferior to middle SES White children in communication accuracy. To evaluate whether the problem is in encoding or decoding, tape recordings of picture descriptions were obtained from 10 lower SES Black, 10 lo...

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Published in:Developmental psychology 1977-07, Vol.13 (4), p.415-416
Main Authors: Quay, Lorene C, Mathews, Marilyn, Schwarzmueller, Beth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black People
Human
Language Development
Listening Comprehension
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Socioeconomic Status
Verbal Communication
White People
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Summary:Notes that lower socioeconomic status (SES) White and Black children have been shown to be inferior to middle SES White children in communication accuracy. To evaluate whether the problem is in encoding or decoding, tape recordings of picture descriptions were obtained from 10 lower SES Black, 10 lower SES White, and 10 middle SES White 8- and 9-yr-old encoders. Each encoder's descriptions were then played to 1 of 90 8- and 9-yr-old lower SES Black, lower SES White, and middle SES White decoders (30 from each population) who selected the pictures described from arrays of similar pictures. Results indicate that no differences were found on decoding. Differences in encoding were found between lower and middle SES groups, but not between Black and White groups of the same social class.
ISSN:0012-1649
1939-0599
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.13.4.415