Fig. 1: Procedure and evidence order used in Study 1.
From: Group membership biases children’s evaluation of evidence
A The four-step procedure used in both conditions: Step 1: Children either joined one of two groups or were simply introduced to them. Step 2: Children were tasked with figuring out whether there were more elephants or lions in a set of ten boxes. Step 3: Children were told about the two groups’ contrasting beliefs about the boxes. Step 4: Children could then open the boxes themselves until they arrived at a conclusion. B Order of evidence in Step 4: Children could open one box at a time and had to wait 30 s before opening the next box. The beginning boxes contained mostly elephants, however, in total, there were more lions.
