McLoughlin, Niamh, Over, Harriet (2017) Young Children Are More Likely to Spontaneously Attribute Mental States to Members of Their Own Group. Psychological Science, 28 (10). pp. 1503-1509. ISSN 0956-7976. (doi:10.1177/0956797617710724) (KAR id:88046)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797617710724 |
Abstract
We investigated whether young children were more likely to spontaneously attribute mentalstates to members of their own social group than to members of an outgroup. We asked 5-and 6-year-old children to describe the actions of interacting geometric shapes andmanipulated whether children believed these shapes represented their own group or anothergroup. Children of both ages spontaneously used mental state words more often in theirdescription of ingroup members compared with outgroup members. Furthermore, 6-year-oldsproduced a greater diversity of mental state terms when talking about their own social group.These effects held across two different social categories (based on gender and geographicallocation). This research has important implications for understanding a broad range of socialphenomena including dehumanisation, intergroup bias and theory of mind.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/0956797617710724 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | social cognition, childhood development, theory of mind, prejudice, open data |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Niamh MCLOUGHLIN |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2021 09:55 UTC |
Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 18:13 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/88046 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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