Not all emotions are created equal: the negativity bias in social-emotional development.

A Vaish, T Grossmann, A Woodward - Psychological bulletin, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
There is ample empirical evidence for an asymmetry in the way that adults use positive
versus negative information to make sense of their world; specifically, across an array of …

Emotion

JT Cacioppo, WL Gardner - Annual review of psychology, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract We review recent trends and methodological issues in assessing and testing
theories of emotion, and we review evidence that form follows function in the affect system …

[图书][B] The essential child: Origins of essentialism in everyday thought

SA Gelman - 2003 - books.google.com
Essentialism is the idea that certain categories, such as" dog,"" man," or" intelligence," have
an underlying reality or true nature that gives objects their identity. Where does this idea …

[PDF][PDF] Self-concept and identity

D Oyserman - 2001 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
In its widesr possible sense... a man's Self is the sum toral of all that he can call his, not only
his body and his psychic powers, but his clothes and his house, his wife and children, his …

The affect system has parallel and integrative processing components: Form follows function.

JT Cacioppo, WL Gardner… - Journal of personality and …, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
The affect system has been shaped by the hammer and chisel of adaptation and natural
selection such that form follows function. The characteristics of the system thus differ across …

Three‐month‐olds show a negativity bias in their social evaluations

J Kiley Hamlin, K Wynn, P Bloom - Developmental science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research has shown that 6‐month‐olds evaluate others on the basis of their social
behaviors–they are attracted to prosocial individuals, and avoid antisocial individuals …

[图书][B] Handbook of moral development

M Killen, JG Smetana - 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

The moral, epistemic, and mindreading components of children's vigilance towards deception

O Mascaro, D Sperber - Cognition, 2009 - Elsevier
Vigilance towards deception is investigated in 3-to-5-year-old children:(i) In Study 1, children
as young as 3 years of age prefer the testimony of a benevolent rather than of a malevolent …

Young children selectively avoid helping people with harmful intentions

A Vaish, M Carpenter, M Tomasello - Child development, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Two studies investigated whether young children are selectively prosocial toward others,
based on the others' moral behaviors. In Study 1 (N= 54), 3‐year‐olds watched 1 adult (the …

Social cognition.

JH Flavell, PH Miller - 1998 - psycnet.apa.org
Social cognition has as its objects humans and human affairs; it means cognition and
knowledge about people and their doings. Machines, mathematics, and mental states are all …