The Loyal Member Effect: On the Preference for Ingroup Members Who Engage in Exclusive Relations with the Ingroup

Autor/inn/en	Castelli, Luigi; De Amicis, Leyla; Sherman, Steven J.
Institution	American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Titel	The Loyal Member Effect: On the Preference for Ingroup Members Who Engage in Exclusive Relations with the Ingroup
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 43 (2007) 6, S.1347-1359 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
Schlagwörter	Racial Attitudes; Intergroup Relations; Interaction Process Analysis; Preschool Children; Grade 1; Social Behavior; Racial Bias; Child Development; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rassenfrage; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Prozessanalyse; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Kindesentwicklung; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	The goal of this article was to investigate an indirect form of intergroup differentiation in children in the context of racial attitudes: the preference for ingroup members who interact positively with other ingroup members rather than with outgroup members. Study 1 confirmed this general hypothesis with preschool and 1st-grade children, demonstrating that respondents preferred the ingroup member who played only with other ingroup members, evaluated this child more positively, and felt more similar to him or her. Studies 2 and 3 tested the boundary conditions of the phenomenon. Study 4 analyzed developmental changes demonstrating that the effect is no longer observed among 9- to 11-year-old children. Overall, these studies suggest that engaging in positive interactions with the outgroup might have its costs in terms of a relative devaluation and rejection by one's peers. Results are discussed by stressing the importance of intragroup processes for the regulation of intergroup relations among very young children. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10