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Direct linkQiao Chai; Xuan Wu; Jiaqian Yu; Amrisha Vaish; Mowei Shen; Jie He – Developmental Science, 2025
While a wealth of research evidence has highlighted the significant impact of prosocial modeling on shaping children's sharing behavior, the mechanism underlying this effect remains less understood. Here we consider the goal contagion account whereby children recognize the prosocial "goal" of others' actions and these goals are…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Modeling (Psychology), Sharing Behavior, Children
Gökhan Gönül; Marina Kammermeier; Markus Paulus – Developmental Science, 2024
Developmental science has experienced a vivid debate on whether young children prioritize goals over means in their prediction of others' actions. Influential developmental theories highlight the role of goal objects for action understanding. Yet, recent infant studies report evidence for the opposite. The empirical evidence is therefore…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Prediction, Theory of Mind, Goal Orientation
