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The influence of in-group favoritism on 5 to 6-year-olds' resource-allocation decisions  

Cha, Minjung (Department of Psychology, Yonsei University)
Song, Hyun-joo (Department of Psychology, Yonsei University)
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Korean Journal of Cognitive Science / v.26, no.2, 2015 , pp. 241-261 More about this Journal
Abstract
The current study investigated whether in-group bias affects 5- to 6-year-old children's resource-allocation decisions. In Experiment 1, participants were asked to allocate 10 stickers between a friend (an in-group member) and a stranger (an out-group member). Children allocated significantly more stickers to friends than to strangers, suggesting that they made distributive decisions in favor of their in-group members, when they were not the beneficiary of a resource-allocation. In Experiment 2, we examined whether being one of the recipients in the resource-allocation game would affect children's decisions. The procedure was identical to that of Experiment 1 except that participants were asked to allocate stickers between themselves and a friend or a stranger. The children showed selfish distributions regardless of recipients. These results indicate that when children become one of the recipients in a resource-allocation, their self-interests override their preference for in-group members.
Keywords
distributive justice; in-group favoritism; dictator game;
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