TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Young infants are pro-victims, but it depends on the context
JO  - British journal of psychology (1953)
A1  - Uzefovsky, Florina
A1  - Paz, Yael
A1  - Davidov, Maayan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The current study examined whether and when young infants are sensitive to distressed others, using two experiments with a forced-choice paradigm. Experiment 1 showed that 5- to 9-month-old infants demonstrate a clear pro-victim preference: Infants preferred a distressed character that had been physically harmed over a matched neutral character. Experiment 2 showed that infants' preference for a distressed other is not invariable, but rather depends on the context: Infants no longer preferred the distressed character when it expressed the exact same distress but for no apparent reason. These findings have implications for the early ontogeny of human compassion and morality, addressed in the discussion.<br><br>© 2019 The British Psychological Society.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1269
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12402
ID  - ref1
ER  -