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. 2020 Apr 30:43:e65.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19002516.

Intuitive theories inform children's beliefs about intergroup obligation

Lisa Chalik  1
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Intuitive theories inform children's beliefs about intergroup obligation

Lisa Chalik. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

In addition to emerging from children's direct experiences with collaborative partners and groups, children's beliefs about obligation also arise from a process of intuitive theory-building in early childhood. On this account, it is possible for at least some of children's beliefs to emerge in the absence of specific experiences where obligations are held among fellow members of a group "we."

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