Not Like Me = Bad: Infants Prefer Those Who Harm Dissimilar Others

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 589-594

  Hamlin, J Kiley ^a   Mahajan, Neha ^b   Liberman, Zoe ^c   Wynn, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

infant development; preferences; prejudice; social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876162440     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612457785     Document Type: Article

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