The influence of cooperation and competition on preschoolers' prosociality toward in-group and out-group members.

ABSTRACT: Past research suggests that children favour their in-group members over out-group members as indicated by selective prosociality such as sharing or social inclusion. This preregistered study examined how playing a cooperative, competitive or solitary game influences German 4- to 6-year-olds' in-group bias and their general willingness to act prosocially, independent of the recipient's group membership (N = 144). After playing the game, experimenters introduced minimal groups and assessed children's sharing with an in-group and an out-group member as well as their social inclusion of an out-group member into an in-group interaction. Furthermore, we assessed children's physical engagement and parents' social dominance orientation (SDO)-a scale indicating the preference for inequality

SUBMITTER: Toppe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8150040 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature