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racial socialization

the transmission by parents, caregivers, and other influential people of information, values, and perspectives about their race to children of their race, with the goals of instilling pride in their racial heritage and providing strategies for coping with racism, discrimination, and other barriers to success in mainstream society. This term is usually used in research with African Americans. See also ethnic socialization.

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biasing factor

biasing factor

a variable that serves to bias the valence of elaboration of attitude-relevant information. See also biased elaboration; multiple roles in persuasion.