Preferential forgiveness: The impact of group membership and remorse on preschoolers’ forgiveness.

= 20) were more forgiving of the remorseful out-group transgressor. Children also judged the unremorseful in-group transgressor negatively and wanted her to leave their group. Together, these results reveal that from early in life, forgiveness is preferentially directed so as to maximize successful cooperation while reducing the risk of exploitation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).