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| Title: | Foundations of Ingroup Bias and Similarity Bias in 2-Year-Olds |
| Authors: | O'Neill, AMY |
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| Keywords: | Development
Group
Similarity
Psychology |
| Issue Date: | 13-Aug-2012 |
| Series/Report no.: | Canadian theses |
| Abstract: | The powerful influence of group membership and similarity on perceptions and behaviour is well established; however, questions remain about the developmental trajectory of these patterns and the extent to which similarity bias and ingroup bias are truly distinct. In this thesis, I examined the relative impact of group membership and similarity on matching and non-matching identification, expression of similarity, extension of preferences, transgression attribution, selective helping and resource allocation among 2.5- to 3-year-old children. These findings suggest that early in life, the responses to similarity and group membership are largely overlapping; however, children in the similarity condition were more likely to select the matching puppet in transgression attribution, non-matching identification, and resource allocation. This pattern suggests that children display a stronger approach bias in the similarity condition and that similarity bias shows developmental discontinuity between early and later childhood. |
| Description: | Thesis (Master, Psychology) -- Queen's University, 2012-08-12 18:08:53.964 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7364 |
| Appears in Collections: | Queen's Theses & Dissertations
Psychology Graduate Theses
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