The Effects of Age, Amount of Modelling, and a Success Experience on Seven-to-Eleven-Year-Old Children's Generosity.

Rushton, J. Phillippe; Littlefield, Christine

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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The Effects of Age, Amount of Modelling, and a Success Experience on Seven-to-Eleven-Year-Old Children's Generosity.

Rushton, J. Phillippe; Littlefield, Christine

Journal of Moral Education, v9 n1 p55-56 Oct 1979

This study of 68 girls in a sports-with-prizes treatment indicated that children can be induced to behave generously, even after a lapse of time, in proportion to the amount of modeled generous behavior they see. Older children and children experiencing success were more generous. (SJL)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Correlation, Females, Intervals, Modeling (Psychology), Success

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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