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Intuitive theories inform children's beliefs about intergroup obligation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2020
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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