What Is a Group? Young Children's Perceptions of Different Types of Groups and Group Entitativity.

To date, developmental research on groups has focused mainly on in-group biases and intergroup relations. However, little is known about children's general understanding of social groups and their perceptions of different forms of group. In this study, 5- to 6-year-old children were asked to ev...

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Main Authors: Maria Plötner, Harriet Over, Malinda Carpenter, Michael Tomasello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4807042?pdf=render