Children More Accepting of Peers Who Try to Change an Undesirable Characteristic than Those Believed to be at Fault for It

Monday, October 10, 2011 - 12:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Psychologists looked at the extent to which children attribute fault to peers with undesirable characteristics, and how they anticipate interacting with these peers. They found that obese and aggressive peers are disliked and blamed for having these faults.

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