Abstract From an early age, children recognize that people belong to social groups. However, not all groups are structured in the same way. The current study asked whether children recognize and distinguish among different decision-making structures. If so, do they prefer some decision-making structures over others? In these studies, children were told stories about two groups that went camping. In the hierarchical group, one character made all the decisions; in the egalitarian group, each group member made one decision. Without being given explicit information about the group’s structures, 6- to 8-year-old children, but not 4- and 5-year-old children, recognized that the two groups had different decision-making structures a...
Representing and reasoning about the social universe is a major task for the young child, one that a...
The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion during middle ...
Children and adolescents evaluated group inclusion and exclusion in the context of generic and group...
Young children detect power asymmetries within dyadic, zero-sum interactions, but little is known on...
Two important sources of information for social judgments are personality dispositions (traits) and ...
This study investigates how children negotiate social norms with peers. In Study 1, 48 pairs of 3- a...
This study investigates how children negotiate social norms with peers. In Study 1, 48 pairs of 3- a...
The near ubiquity of ingroup preference is consistent with the view that it is an automatic conseque...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
Past research reveals a tension between children’s preferences for egalitarianism and ingroup favori...
Categorization is a vital aspect of human cognition that helps guide learning and knowledge. However...
Categorization is a vital aspect of human cognition that helps guide learning and knowledge. However...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
<div><p>To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergro...
Representing and reasoning about the social universe is a major task for the young child, one that a...
The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion during middle ...
Children and adolescents evaluated group inclusion and exclusion in the context of generic and group...
Young children detect power asymmetries within dyadic, zero-sum interactions, but little is known on...
Two important sources of information for social judgments are personality dispositions (traits) and ...
This study investigates how children negotiate social norms with peers. In Study 1, 48 pairs of 3- a...
This study investigates how children negotiate social norms with peers. In Study 1, 48 pairs of 3- a...
The near ubiquity of ingroup preference is consistent with the view that it is an automatic conseque...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
Past research reveals a tension between children’s preferences for egalitarianism and ingroup favori...
Categorization is a vital aspect of human cognition that helps guide learning and knowledge. However...
Categorization is a vital aspect of human cognition that helps guide learning and knowledge. However...
To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relat...
<div><p>To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergro...
Representing and reasoning about the social universe is a major task for the young child, one that a...
The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion during middle ...
Children and adolescents evaluated group inclusion and exclusion in the context of generic and group...