Young infants prefer prosocial to antisocial others

The current study replicates and extends the finding ( Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007) that infants prefer individuals who act prosocially toward unrelated third parties over those who act antisocially. Using different stimuli from those used by Hamlin et al. (2007), somewhat younger subjects, and 2...

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Published inCognitive development Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 30 - 39
Main Authors Hamlin, J. Kiley, Wynn, Karen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2011
Elsevier
Subjects
Antisocial Behavior
Infancy
Infant Behavior
Infants
Interpersonal Relationship
Prosocial Behavior
Responses
Social cognition
Social evaluation
Social evaluation
Infancy
Social cognition
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Summary:The current study replicates and extends the finding ( Hamlin, Wynn & Bloom, 2007) that infants prefer individuals who act prosocially toward unrelated third parties over those who act antisocially. Using different stimuli from those used by Hamlin et al. (2007), somewhat younger subjects, and 2 additional social scenarios, we replicated the findings that (a) infants prefer those who behave prosocially versus antisocially, and (b) these preferences are based on the social nature of the actions. The generality of infants’ responses across multiple examples of prosocial and antisocial actions supports the claim that social evaluation is fundamental to perceiving the world.
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ISSN:0885-2014
1879-226X
DOI:10.1016/j.cogdev.2010.09.001