Ingroup Bias in Reputation Judgement among Preschoolers
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2019-06-14
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The goal of this study was to investigate the existence of ingroup bias when preschool children make judgements about peers’ reputation management attempts. In total, 128 5 and 6-year-old children were assigned into one of two groups in a minimal group paradigm. They heard a story about fictional ingroup and outgroup peers sharing in a public or private condition and were asked to predict and evaluate their sharing behavior. Results show that 6-year-olds predicted that ingroup peers would share more than outgroup peers in public conditions but did not expect them to share differently in private conditions, while 5-year-olds did not differentiate peers in both public and private conditions. After knowing that fictional ingroup and outgroup peers shared the same amount, children who could identify reputation management motives of peers evaluated ingroup members higher than outgroup members in public conditions, but did not evaluated them differently in private conditions. Second order theory-of-mind skill did not seem to play a moderating role in these judgements. Children’s understanding of group reputation and the practical implication of current findings were discussed.
Keywords: ingroup bias, reputation management, prosocial behaviour, preschool children
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen