Early group bias in the Faroe Islands: Cultural variation in children's group-based reasoning
Recent developmental research demonstrates that group bias emerges early in childhood. However, little is known about the extent to which bias in minimal (i.e., arbitrarily assigned) groups varies with children's environment and experience, and whether such bias is universal across cultures. In...
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crsagepubl:10.1080/17470218.2015.1093511 2024-06-16T07:39:50+00:00 Early group bias in the Faroe Islands: Cultural variation in children's group-based reasoning Schug, Mariah G. Shusterman, Anna Barth, Hilary Patalano, Andrea L. 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1093511 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17470218.2015.1093511 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1080/17470218.2015.1093511 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology volume 69, issue 9, page 1741-1751 ISSN 1747-0218 1747-0226 journal-article 2016 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1093511 2024-05-19T12:59:26Z Recent developmental research demonstrates that group bias emerges early in childhood. However, little is known about the extent to which bias in minimal (i.e., arbitrarily assigned) groups varies with children's environment and experience, and whether such bias is universal across cultures. In this study, the development of group bias was investigated using a minimal groups paradigm with 46 four- to six-year-olds from the Faroe Islands. Children observed in-group and out-group members exhibiting varying degrees of prosocial behaviour (egalitarian or stingy sharing). Children did not prefer their in-group in the pretest, but a pro-in-group and anti-out-group sentiment emerged in both conditions in the posttest. Faroese children's response patterns differ from those of American children [Schug, M. G., Shusterman, A., Barth, H., & Patalano, A. L. (2013). Minimal-group membership influences children's responses to novel experience with group members. Developmental Science, 16(1), 47–55], suggesting that intergroup bias shows cultural variation even in a minimal groups context. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands SAGE Publications Faroe Islands Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69 9 1741 1751 |
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Recent developmental research demonstrates that group bias emerges early in childhood. However, little is known about the extent to which bias in minimal (i.e., arbitrarily assigned) groups varies with children's environment and experience, and whether such bias is universal across cultures. In this study, the development of group bias was investigated using a minimal groups paradigm with 46 four- to six-year-olds from the Faroe Islands. Children observed in-group and out-group members exhibiting varying degrees of prosocial behaviour (egalitarian or stingy sharing). Children did not prefer their in-group in the pretest, but a pro-in-group and anti-out-group sentiment emerged in both conditions in the posttest. Faroese children's response patterns differ from those of American children [Schug, M. G., Shusterman, A., Barth, H., & Patalano, A. L. (2013). Minimal-group membership influences children's responses to novel experience with group members. Developmental Science, 16(1), 47–55], suggesting that intergroup bias shows cultural variation even in a minimal groups context. |
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Early group bias in the Faroe Islands: Cultural variation in children's group-based reasoning |
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Early group bias in the Faroe Islands: Cultural variation in children's group-based reasoning |
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