University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2022 Oct;230:103732. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103732. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
Little is known about how group bias may impact children's acceptance of unsubstantiated claims. Most children view cheating as unfair. However, in competitive situations, when ambiguity surrounds the potential intention to cheat, group affiliation may lead children to support claims of cheating based solely on the team affiliation of the claimant, even when those claims are not clearly substantiated. Therefore, it may be particularly important to consider the role ingroup bias may play in children's accusations of cheating in a competitive intergroup context. The current study investigated 4-10 year old children's (N = 137, M = 6.71 years, SD = 1.49; 47 % female) evaluations of ambiguous acts and unverified claims about those acts in a competitive, intergroup context. Results showed that children initially viewed an ambiguous act similarly, regardless of team affiliation, but demonstrated increasing ingroup biases after claims of wrongdoing were introduced. Implications for how unsubstantiated claims may impact intergroup interactions more broadly will be discussed.
关于群体偏见如何影响儿童对未经证实的说法的接受程度，人们知之甚少。大多数孩子认为作弊是不公平的。然而，在竞争环境中，当作弊的潜在意图存在模糊性时，群体归属可能导致儿童仅仅基于声称者的团队归属就支持作弊的说法，即使这些说法没有得到明确证实。因此，在竞争的群体间背景下，考虑内群体偏见在儿童作弊指控中可能扮演的角色可能尤为重要。本研究调查了 4-10 岁儿童（N=137，M=6.71 岁，SD=1.49；47%为女性）在竞争的群体间环境中对模糊行为和对这些行为的未经证实的说法的评价。结果表明，儿童最初对模糊行为的看法相似，无论团队归属如何，但在引入不当行为的说法后，表现出越来越强的内群体偏见。将讨论未经证实的说法如何更广泛地影响群体间互动的影响。
