Our social world is based on complex relationships and organizations, and sensitivity to cues that enable us to represent these relationships is crucial for navigating this complex social environment. The current research ...

A wealth of studies investigated factors guiding children’s decisions when learning from others, while less is known about factors that govern children’s decisions when they transfer knowledge to others. This research ...

Children are sensitive to what others know and use this information to make social inferences about them. What others do not know, or ignorance, might also be a powerful cue about individuals’ social attributes. In two ...

Each cultural group has different social norms that their members are expected to follow. Past research suggests that children expect members of other groups (e.g., linguistic outgroup members) to be social norm violators. ...