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Development of Intra- and Intergroup Judgments in the Context of Moral and Social-Conventional Norms

Killen, Melanie, Rutland, Adam, Abrams, Dominic, Mulvey, Kelly Lynn, Hitti, Aline (2013) Development of Intra- and Intergroup Judgments in the Context of Moral and Social-Conventional Norms. Child Development, 84 (3). pp. 1063-1080. ISSN 0009-3920. (doi:10.1111/cdev.12011) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:41555)

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Abstract

Children and adolescents evaluated group inclusion and exclusion in the context of generic and group-specific norms involving morality and social conventions. Participants (N = 381), aged 9.5 and 13.5 years, judged an in-group member's decision to deviate from the norms of the group, whom to include, and whether their personal preference was the same as what they expected a group should do. Deviating from in-group moral norms about unequal allocation of resources was viewed more positively than deviating from conventional norms about nontraditional dress codes. With age, participants gave priority to group-specific norms and differentiated what the group should do from their own preference about the group's decision, revealing a developmental picture about children's complex understanding of group dynamics and group norms.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/cdev.12011
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M.L. Barnoux
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2014 13:23 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:16 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/41555 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Rutland, Adam.

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Abrams, Dominic.

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