Priming third-party social exclusion does not elicit children's inclusion of out-group members.

ABSTRACT: This study investigates how culture and priming 3- to 7-year-old children (N = 186) with third-party social exclusion affects their subsequent inclusion of out-group members. Children in societies that tend to value social independence (Germany, New Zealand) and interdependence (Northern Cyprus) were randomly assigned to minimal groups. Next, they watched video stimuli depicting third-party social exclusion (exclusion condition) or neutral content (control condition). We assessed children's recognition of the social exclusion expressed in the priming videos and their understanding of the emotional consequences thereof. We furthermore assessed children's inclusion behaviour in a ball-tossing game in which participants could include an out-group agent into an in-group interplay. Child

SUBMITTER: Stengelin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8790344 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature