We know that starting at three months of age, babies are able to evaluate others on the basis of their actions, preferring agents showing pro-social behaviour to those presenting antisocial actions. In this study, we aim at investigating if babies are using their social evaluations for learning purposes during the first two years of life. Thus, 8 and 16-moth year old babies will have the choice of learning a task from a pro-social agent (previously seen helping someone) and anti-social agent (previously seen harming someone). Babies’ learning responses will be studied in order to respond to the research question: do babies learn differently from pro and antisocial agents? This study aims at deepening our knowledge of the early development of two distinct social skills: social evaluation and learning in social contexts, both important for proper functioning in society.
