I won't tell: Young children show loyalty to their group by keeping group secrets

被引：51
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作者：
Misch, Antonia [1 ,4 ]
Over, Harriet [2 ]
Carpenter, Malinda [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Yale Univ, Dept Psychol, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] Univ York, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
[3] Univ St Andrews, Sch Psychol & Neurosci, St Andrews KY16 9JP, Fife, Scotland
[4] Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Dev & Comparat Psychol, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
来源：
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY | 2016年 / 142卷
基金：
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词：
Loyalty; Group membership; Group norms; Secrecy; Minimal group paradigm; Commitment; GROUP FAVORITISM; MEMBERS; IDENTIFICATION; NORMATIVITY; COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; PREFERENCE; EVOLUTION; JUDGMENTS; DYNAMICS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jecp.2015.09.016
中图分类号：
B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];
学科分类号：
040202 ;
摘要：
Group loyalty is highly valued. However, little is known about young children's loyal behavior. This study tested whether 4- and 5-year-olds (N = 96) remain loyal to their group even when betraying it would be materially advantageous. Children and four puppets were allocated to novel groups. Two of these puppets (either in-group or out-group members) then told children a group secret and urged them not to disclose the secret. Another puppet (not assigned to either group) then bribed children with stickers to tell the secret. Across ages, children were significantly less likely to reveal the secret in the in-group condition than in the out-group condition. Thus, even young children are willing to pay a cost to be loyal to their group. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码：96 / 106
页数：11
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