Classifying Prosocial Behavior: Children's Responses to Instrumental Need, Emotional Distress, and Material Desire

This study investigates the diversity of early prosocial behavior by examining the ability of ninety-five 2- to 4-year-olds to provide aid to an adult experimenter displaying instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire. Children provided appropriate aid in response to each of these cu...

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Published in:	Child development 2013-09, Vol.84 (5), p.1766-1776
Main Authors:	Dunfield, Kristen A., Kuhlmeier, Valerie A.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Age groups Analysis of Variance Attitude Behavior Behavior Development Biological and medical sciences Child Child development Child psychology Child welfare Child, Preschool Children Classification Correlation Cues Desire Developmental psychology Diversity Emotional disorders Emotional distress Emotional Problems Emotions EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Experimentation Female Foreign aid Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Helping Behavior Helping Relationship Humans Male Mental stress Needs Observational research Preschool Children Prosocial Behavior Prosocial behaviour Psychological distress Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Reliability Responses Social behaviour Social Development Social interaction Stress, Psychological - psychology Studies Toys
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