Three-month-olds show a negativity bias in their social evaluations

Previous research has shown that 6‐month‐olds evaluate others on the basis of their social behaviors – they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals (Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007). The current studies investigate these capacities prior to 6 months of age. Results fr...

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Published inDevelopmental science Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 923 - 929
Main Authors Kiley Hamlin, J., Wynn, Karen, Bloom, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2010
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
Age Differences
Analysis of Variance
Antisocial Behavior
Attention
Babies
Bias
Child Development
Child Development - physiology
Developmental psychology
Discrimination, Psychological - physiology
Fixation, Ocular - physiology
Habituation, Psychophysiologic
Humans
Infant
Infants
Interpersonal Relationship
Photic Stimulation
Prosocial Behavior
Social Attitudes
Social Behavior
Social psychology
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Summary:Previous research has shown that 6‐month‐olds evaluate others on the basis of their social behaviors – they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals (Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007). The current studies investigate these capacities prior to 6 months of age. Results from two experiments indicate that even 3‐month‐old infants evaluate others based on their social behavior towards third parties, and that negative social information is developmentally privileged.
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ISSN:1363-755X
1467-7687
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7687.2010.00951.x