Social categorization is a universal mechanism for making sense of a vast social world with
roots in perceptual, conceptual, and social systems. These systems emerge strikingly early …

Scholars from across the social sciences, biological sciences, and humanities have long
emphasized the role of human morality in supporting cooperation. How does morality arise …

According to Graham and colleagues (2013), a “first draft” of moral cognition emerges early
and universally in development and is then gradually revised by experience and culture. In …

Recent research revealed that infants attend to agents' intentions when they evaluate
hel** actions. The current study investigated whether infants also consider agents' …

As part of their early “essentialist” intuitions, young children view intergroup differences as
reflecting groups' intrinsic natures. In the present study, we explore the nature and …

We examined whether 21-month-old infants could distinguish between two broad types of
social power: respect-based power exerted by a leader (who might be an authority figure …

In the course of evolution, social dominance has been a strong force sha** the
organization of social systems in many species. Individuals with a better ability to represent …

Recent research has provided converging evidence, using multiple tasks, of sensitivity to
fairness in the second year of life. In contrast, findings in the first year have been mixed …

It is widely believed that the demands of living in large, complexly bonded social groups
played a key role in the evolution of human cognition. This review focuses on a critical but …

Research in political psychology largely ignores early childhood. This is likely due to the
assumption that young children lack the cognitive capacity and social understanding …