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Xu, Jing; Saether, Lucie; Sommerville, Jessica A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Given the centrality of prosociality in everyday social functioning, understanding the factors and mechanisms underlying the origins of prosocial development is of critical importance. This experiment investigated whether experience with reciprocal object exchanges can drive the developmental onset of sharing behavior. Seven-month-old infants took…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Intervention, Comparative Analysis
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Gummerum, Michaela; Leman, Patrick J.; Hollins, Tara S. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Group decision making should be particularly beneficial when group members share unique information, because then a group can make a better decision than each group member alone. This study examined how elementary-school children share unique information during group decision making. Seventy-nine groups of 3 same-sex and same-age 7- and 9-year-old…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Sharing Behavior, Elementary School Students, Children