The Development of Subjective Group Dynamics: Children's Judgments of Normative and Deviant In‐Group and Out‐Group Individuals

摘要: A developmental model of subjective group dynamics suggests that social identity is sustained first by intergroup biases and later intragroup biases. In this study 476 English children 5 to 11 years old evaluated the German soccer teams, judged in-group or out-group members whose attitudes toward teams was normative versus antinormative. Children all ages expressed bias. Differential evaluation against deviants in favor strengthened with age. Understanding targets' relative acceptability (differential inclusion) among mediated effects age bias on Identification moderated only older children.