Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
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Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
Psychologists have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The lead author says the work suggests we may be born with -- or develop at a very early age -- some understanding of social dominance and how it relates to relative size, a correlation ubiquitous across human cultures and the animal kingdom.
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Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
labspaces.net — “Psychologists at Harvard University have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The finding is presented this week in the journal Science.” View full resource at labspaces.net
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