Children's Judgments of Disloyal and Immoral Peer Behavior: Subjective Group Dynamics in Minimal Intergroup Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Abrams, Dominic; Rutland, Adam; Ferrell, Jennifer M.; Pelletier, Joseph
Titel	Children's Judgments of Disloyal and Immoral Peer Behavior: Subjective Group Dynamics in Minimal Intergroup Contexts
Quelle	In: Child Development, 79 (2008) 2, S.444-461 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01135.x
Schlagwörter	Group Dynamics; Inferences; Children; Prosocial Behavior; Antisocial Behavior; Moral Values; Peer Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppendynamik; Inference; Inferenz; Child; Kind; Kinder; Moral value; Ethischer Wert
Abstract	The developmental model of subjective group dynamics hypothesizes that peer exclusion during middle childhood involves inferences about group dynamics. To test the generality of this prediction, children judged, within minimal groups, peers whose behavior was loyal versus disloyal (Study 1: n = 46, mean age = 113 months) or morally acceptable versus unacceptable (Study 2: n = 121, mean age = 90 months). As hypothesized, in Study 1, children used their understanding of loyalty norms as a basis for evaluating peers. In both studies, higher commitment to the in-group increased use of group-based criteria for judging peers. In Study 2, children employed moral- and group-based criteria independently for judging peers. Multiple classification skill was associated with lower intergroup bias and greater use of morality-based judgment. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10