Local or Foreign? Flexibility in Children's Preference for Similar Others

Autor/inn/en	Sehl, Claudia G.; Denison, Stephanie; Friedman, Ori
Titel	Local or Foreign? Flexibility in Children's Preference for Similar Others
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 12, S.2333-2341 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sehl, Claudia G.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001619
Schlagwörter	Childrens Attitudes; Inferences; Social Cognition; Familiarity; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Cognitive Development; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Evaluative Thinking; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inference; Inferenz; Soziale Kognition; Kognitive Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	Children have a robust social preference for people similar to them, like those who share their language, accent, and race. In the present research, we show that this preference can diminish when children consider who they want to learn about. Across three experiments, 4- to 6-year-olds (total N = 160; 74 female, 86 male, from the Waterloo region in Canada, a predominantly White and middle-class region) and adults (N = 103) saw pairs of characters. One character was from nearby and had characteristics typical of the participating child's location (e.g., playing soccer), whereas the other character was from far away and had characteristics atypical of children's location (e.g., playing hurling). In Experiment 1, children had no preference when judging who they liked better, but preferred foreign characters when judging who they wanted to learn about. Experiments 2 and 3 followed up by using procedures where participants were not told anything about the characters besides whether they were local or foreign. Children and adults preferred local characters when choosing who they liked, but preferred local characters less when choosing who to learn about. These findings show that children's preferences for similar others are flexible and depend on the judgment they are making. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01