Asst. Prof. Yarrow Dunham - Exploring the origins of intergroup biases
13.02.2017 (Mo) 15:15 – 16:45 Uhr, ESA-W, Raum 221
Abstract
I will discuss research on children's tendency to affiliate with arbitrary and randomly assigned social groups. I argue that the breadth of this tendency, and its influence on subsequent learning about groups, should lead us to rethink some of our assumptions about the processes underlying prejudice formation in children and adults.