Preliminary evidence of sensitivity to prosocial intentions in 6.5-month-old infants
Hyun-joo Song
Understanding others' prosocial intentions and evaluating them accordingly is a crucial skill for navigating the social world. The current study examined whether 6.5-month-old infants use prosocial intentions in social evaluation. Infants were familiarized with helping and hindering events: in the helping event, a protagonist attempted to climb a hill and a helper pushed him upward, whereas in the hindering event, a hinderer pushed the protagonist downward. Critically, only intentional informati