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  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Essentializing social groups is a universal human tendency emerging in early development.
  • This tendency correlates with negative intergroup attitudes and behaviors, prompting research into its remedies.
  • Previous research has focused on the cognitive underpinnings of essentialism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the motivational foundations of essentialism in children.
  • To propose that the need to belong, alongside power and group identity considerations, drives essentialization.

Main Methods:

  • This chapter synthesizes existing research and theoretical perspectives.
  • It focuses on developmental and social psychological theories.
  • No new empirical data were collected for this chapter.

Main Results:

  • Children's desire for secure and exclusive group membership motivates essentialism.
  • Essentialism serves as a cognitive tool to fulfill the need to belong.
  • Motivated essentialism encourages adherence to unique group behaviors.

Conclusions:

  • Motivational factors, particularly the need to belong, play a crucial role in children's social group essentialization.
  • Understanding these motivations is key to addressing negative intergroup attitudes.
  • Future research should investigate the interplay between motivational and cognitive factors in essentialism.