Children's Evaluations of Temporally Distant Outcomes.

Nisan, Mordecai

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Publication Date: 1975

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Children's Evaluations of Temporally Distant Outcomes

Nisan, Mordecai

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 126, 1, 53-60, Mar 75

Investigated the hypothesis that 10-year-old children will tend to perceive delayed outcomes as being of lower value than immediately expected ones, with the effect being stronger for negative outcomes. Good- and bad-tasting foods were used as stimuli. (SDH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Emotional Response, Expectation, Food, Reinforcement, Time Perspective

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