Older but Wilier: In-Group Accountability and the Development of Subjective Group Dynamics

Autor/inn/en	Abrams, Dominic; Rutland, Adam; Cameron, Lindsey; Ferrell, Jennifer
Titel	Older but Wilier: In-Group Accountability and the Development of Subjective Group Dynamics
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 1, S.134-148 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Peer Groups; Group Dynamics; Accountability; Childhood Attitudes; Peer Acceptance; Children; Antisocial Behavior; Behavior Standards; Intergroup Education; Group Membership + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Gruppendynamik; Verantwortung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Multinationale Lerngruppe; Gruppenzugehörigkeit
Abstract	To test social and cognitive variables that may affect the development of subjective group dynamics, the authors had 224 children between the ages of 5 and 12 years evaluate an in-group and an out-group and normative and deviant in-group members under conditions of high or low accountability to in-group peers. In-group bias and relative favorability to normative versus deviant in-group members (differential evaluation) increased when children were accountable to peers and as a function of perceptions of peer group acceptance of these members (differential inclusion). These effects were significantly larger among older children. Multiple classification ability was unrelated to judgments of group members. This study shows that the development of subjective group dynamics involves an increase in sensitivity to the normative aspects of the intergroup context. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10