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Woo, Brandon M.; Spelke, Elizabeth S. – Developmental Science, 2023
Mature social evaluations privilege agents' intentions over the outcomes of their actions, but young children often privilege outcomes over intentions in verbal tasks probing their social evaluations. In three experiments (N = 118), we probed the development of intention-based social evaluation and mental state reasoning using nonverbal methods…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Social Development, Preferences, Social Behavior
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Wismer Fries, Alison B.; Pollak, Seth D. – Developmental Science, 2017
Children who experience early caregiving neglect are very likely to have problems developing and maintaining relationships and regulating their social behavior. One of the earliest manifestations of this problem is reflected in indiscriminate behavior, a phenomenon where young children do not show normative wariness of strangers or use familiar…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Social Development, Emotional Development, Interpersonal Relationship