Prior Research
Prior Research
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Three Biological Models of Disability (Menendez & Gelman, 2024)
Essentialist: Internal or Innate Quality
Bodily Injury: External Factors
Contagious Disease: Transmissable Illness
Generic language positively correlated essentialist language (Rhodes et al., 2012)
Parent explanations provide foundational knowledge and encourage children’s exploration and learning (McHugh et al., 2023)
Example of Person-First label: "Casey is a person with Dyslexia."
Example of Condition-First label: "Casey is a dyslexic person."
Research Questions
Research Questions
How does language influence how parents and children discuss and percieve different human traits?
Can person-first or condition first labels generate essentialist ideas or language in these conversations?
Hypothesis
Hypothesis
Person-first language will influence conversations to contain less essentialist language.
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