Recent research indicates that children in the first two years of life already possess rich expectations about how individuals should act toward others.  These expectations appear to be guided by a small set of abstract sociomoral principles.  This talk will focus on three of these principles: fairness, reciprocity, and ingroup love.  In each case, experimental evidence will be presented that when observing relevant interactions among unfamiliar individuals, infants apply the principle to interpret and predict the individuals’ actions.

A reception will follow the talk.

This presentation is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact the Center for Advanced Study at 333-6729 or www.cas.illinois.edu.

Thanks to the Center for Advanced Study for this information item.

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