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When Do Children Dislike Ingroup Members? Resource Allocation from Individual and Group Perspectives
Author(s) -
Mulvey Kelly Lynn,
Hitti Aline,
Rutland Adam,
Abrams Dominic,
Killen Melanie
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/josi.12045
Subject(s) - ingroups and outgroups , psychology , social psychology , inequality , loyalty , norm (philosophy) , group (periodic table) , resource allocation , political science , economics , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , market economy
Do children like ingroup members who challenge group norms about resource allocation? Further, do children evaluate from their own individual perspective? Participants ( N = 381), aged 9.5 and 13.5 years, evaluated members of their own group who deviated from group norms about resource allocation by either: (1) advocating for equal allocation in contrast to the group norm of inequality; or (2) advocating for inequality when the group norm was to divide equally. With age, participants differentiated their own individual favorability from the group's favorability of deviant members of the ingroup. Further, when deciding between group loyalty and equal allocation, children and adolescents gave priority to equality, rejecting group decisions to dislike ingroup members who advocated for equality.