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ERIC Number: EJ211499
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Mar
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Children's Causal Attributions regarding Help Giving.
Smith, Cathleen L.; And Others
Child Development, v50 n1 p203-10 Mar 1979
Second- and third-grade children receiving no consequences or only social consequences for donating to needy peers attributed their behavior to a concern for the other child. Children receiving material consequences together with social consequences tended to attribute their help giving to external sources. (JMB)
Descriptors: Altruism, Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Punishment, Rewards, Social Reinforcement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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