The Social Cognitive Development lab explores how children (from infancy through early teenage years) establish preferences for and beliefs about other people. Through our research we hope to understand how preferences for and stereotypes about people are acquired and change across development on both a conscious and an unconscious level of processing.
Our research explores such topics as:
1. Children’s understanding of social status and social hierarchy
2. The role of language in shaping intergroup biases
3. Cognitive and cultural foundations of intergroup bias
4. The unconscious nature of intergroup bias
5. The role of familiarity in establishing intergroup preferences
6. The development of memory biases in intergroup contexts
7. The development of prosocial and antisocial behavior among normally developing children
To find out more about our Centre, please visit our website. You can also go through some of the Current Studies that are underway at our research labs.
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