UW News
Betty Repacholi
March 21, 2016
Better safe than sorry: Babies make quick judgments about adults’ anger
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Adults often form fast opinions about each other’s personalities, especially when it comes to negative traits. If we see someone argue with another driver over a parking space, for instance, we may assume that person tends to be confrontational. Two new research studies with hundreds of 15-month-old infants demonstrate that babies form similar generalizations about…