Consequences of "minimal" group affiliations in children

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Author

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Dunham, Y., Baron, A.S., & Carey,

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Title

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Consequences of “minimal” group affiliations in children

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research question

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How do minimal group affiliations influence children’s social preferences, attitudes, and biases, and how early do these effects emerge?

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Method

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assigned 5- to 7-year-old children to minimal groups

• Explicit Preference Tasks: Assessing liking for in-group vs. out-group members.
• Resource Allocation Tasks: Measuring fairness or favoritism in distributing resources.
• Implicit Association Tests (IAT): Evaluating unconscious group biases.

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results

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Children showed clear preferences for in-group members in explicit liking and resource allocation tasks

Implicit Association Tests revealed unconscious biases favoring the in-group

These biases emerged even with minimal group distinctions