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Title: | Social categories as markers of intrinsic interpersonal obligations. |
Other Titles: | Categories and obligations |
Authors: | Chalik, Lisa Rhodes, Marjorie 0000-0001-9188-1787 |
Keywords: | Social categorization Cognitive development Intuitive theories |
Issue Date: | Jun-2013 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Rhodes, M., & Chalik, L. (2013). Social categories as markers of intrinsic interpersonal obligations. Psychological Science, 24, 999-1006. |
Series/Report no.: | Psychological Science;24(6) |
Abstract: | Social categorization is an early-developing feature of human social cognition, yet the role that social categories play in how children understand and predict human behavior has been unclear. These studies test whether a foundational functional role of social categories is to mark people as intrinsically obligated (e.g., to protect, not to harm) to one another. In three studies, children (ages 3-9, N = 124) viewed only within-category harm as violating intrinsic obligations; in contrast, they viewed between-category harm as violating extrinsic obligations defined by explicit rules. These data indicate that children view social categories as marking patterns of intrinsic interpersonal obligations, suggesting that a key function of social categories is to support inferences about how people will relate to members of their own and other groups. |
Description: | Scholarly research article |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612466267 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/4430 |
ISSN: | 0956-7976 |
Appears in Collections: | Stern College for Women -- Faculty Publications |
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