Chapter I: Historical Notes

1966 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 7-11

CHAPTER I ARCHBISHOP JAMES BEATON AND THE SCOTS COLLEGE IN PARIS

1977 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 60-1-68

Chapter I: Pharmacologic and Physical Properties of Bismuth

1965 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 8-15
Keyword(s):  
Physical Properties

Chapter I: A Review of the Literature

1964 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 7-19
Keyword(s):  
Review Of The Literature

Why do children essentialize social groups?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gil Diesendruck
Keyword(s):  
Group Identity ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Young Age ◽  
Intergroup Attitudes ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Cognitive Foundations

The tendency to essentialize social groups is universal, and arises early in development. This tendency is associated with negative intergroup attitudes and behaviors, and has thus encouraged the search for remedies for the emergence of essentialism. In this vein, great attention has been devoted to uncovering the cognitive foundations of essentialism. In this chapter, I suggest that attention should also be turned towards the motivational foundations of essentialism. I propose that considerations of power and group identity, but especially a “need to belong”, may encourage children’s essentialization of social groups. Namely, from a young age, children are keen to feel members of a group, and that their membership is secure and exclusive. Essentialism is the conceptual gadget that satisfies these feelings. And to the extent that groups are defined by what they do, this motivated essentialism also impels children to be adamant about the maintenance of unique group behaviors.

Chapter I: Background, Objectives, and Design

Circulation ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 37 (3s1) ◽  
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