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ERIC Number: EJ324262
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Why Does Children's Generosity Increase with Age: Susceptibility to Experimenter Influence or Altruism?
Zarbatany, Lynne; And Others
Child Development, v56 n3 p746-56 Jun 1985
Evaluated whether age differences in children's generosity result from increasing altruistic motivation or increasing susceptibility to experimenter influence strategies. A total of 282 first, third, and fifth graders voted on how to spend a gift of money under one of five instructional sets--three levels of experimenter influence, peer influence, and no influence. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 3, Grade 5, Peer Influence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Experimenter Influence; Generosity