Intergroup bias in children’s preference for in- versus out-group informants.

2025/08/04 by Meytal Nasie, Sondos Abofoul, Arielle Ankri-Guedj +1 · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Developmental psychology #Group (periodic table) #Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts #Preference #Psychology #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1037/dev0002048

published in Developmental Psychology (American Psychological Association)

openalex publication_date 2025/08/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

= 260; 51% girls, 49% boys). Study 1 served as a baseline with nonsocial targets of information, whereas Study 2 had people as targets. We examined biases in three respects: assessment of informants' expertise, preference for informants, and acceptance of informants' advice. Results revealed intergroup biases in children's choices of informants in all three respects, particularly when learning about people, and among younger and minority group children. The findings highlight how epistemic and social identity cues affect children's informant's choice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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