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August 17, 2025

Eleven-Month-Old Infants Preferentially Look at Helpers But Do Not Reliably Incorporate Inconsistency Into Their Evaluations

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BWBrandon Matthew WooCTCheuk Kuen Eric TsangJHJ. Kiley Hamlin

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Overview

Experiments reveal infants favor helpers over hinderers, highlighting limits in evaluating inconsistent behaviors.

Key Points

  • Infants preferred helpful givers over unhelpful takers, indicating a strong preference for prosocial behavior.
  • In scenarios with inconsistency, infants showed limited ability to incorporate conflicting cues into their evaluations.
  • Using an online format, evaluations were conducted with 189 infants at 11 months old, featuring various prosocial and antisocial actions.
  • Findings suggest while infants favor consistent prosocial actions, they struggle with understanding behavioral inconsistencies.

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Woo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a36c270a429f797332fff2https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6ej7g_v2
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