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Children expect leaders to oust intruders, to refrain from aggression, but do not expect leaders to be generally more prosocial

2020-01-31

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<p>Humans in every society encounter social hierarchies. Previous research has shown that children use various cues to say who is, “in charge”. In the present studies we ask how children think those who are in charge treat others. In Studies 1 and 2, children heard stories and saw drawings of social groups where one character wore a crown and sat on a throne (Study 1) or just wore a crown (Study 2) and three other...

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Literature Corpus work: 9febb25b-4272-56c7-bc78-739f4c226cb1
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/txvsd

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