When Does the In-Group Like the Out-Group? Bias Among Children as a Function of Group Norms

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 834-842

  Rutland, Adam ^a   Hitti, Aline ^b   Mulvey, Kelly Lynn ^c   Abrams, Dominic ^d   Killen, Melanie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; deviance; group norms; in group bias; peer relations; reasoning; social development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930514971     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615572758     Document Type: Article

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