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Cognitive representations of social relationships and their developmental origins

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Ashley J. Thomas*
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In this paper, I use findings from infant psychology to propose that humans have core knowledge of social relationships. I propose that these representations allow even infants to categorize relationships into a model (following relational models theory, i.e., communal sharing, authority ranking, or equality matching) and compute their strength (based on factors like expectation of future interaction, obligations, and commitment). Throughout the paper, I review evidence in support of this proposal and consider alternative explanations.

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cognitive developmentinfant cognitionsocial affiliationsocial relationshipssocial hierarchy

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