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Children Tell More Prosocial Lies in Favor of In-Group than Out-Group Peers
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Sierksma, Jellie; Spaltman, Mandy; Lansu, Tessa A. M. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Children tell prosocial lies from the age of three years onward, but little is known about for whom they are inclined to lie. This preregistered study examined children's (N = 138, 9-12 years) prosocial lying behavior toward minimal in-group and out-group peers. Additionally, children evaluated vignettes in which an in-group peer told a prosocial…
Descriptors: Deception, Prosocial Behavior, Intergroup Relations, Elementary School Students
Variations in Density: Effect on Task and Social Behaviors of Preschool Children
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Fagot, Beverly I. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Design Requirements, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Primary Appraisal of the Strange Situation: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Preseparation Episodes.
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Sagi, Abraham; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
A cross-national comparison of infant behavior in the Strange Situation was designed to determine whether preseparation episodes made any difference in attachment classifications and whether infant behavior before separation from mother was the same in different countries. Infants in different countries made similar primary appraisals of the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Parents' Child-Rearing Style and Child's Sociometric Status.
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Dekovic, Maja; Janssens, Jan M . A . M. – Developmental Psychology, 1992
In a study of 112 children of 6-11 years of age and their parents, authoritative/democratic and authoritarian/restrictive factors in parent behavior predicted the child's prosocial behavior and sociometric status. Results support the idea that popular and rejected children have different family experiences. (BG)
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries