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Steinbeis, Nikolaus; Singer, Tania – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013
Social comparison can elicit emotions such as envy, which can affect social interactions. The emergence and development of such social emotions through ontogeny, and their influence on social interaction, are unknown. We tested 182 children from 7 to 13 years of age with a novel monetary reward-and-punishment task measuring envy and Schadenfreude…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Children, Interpersonal Relationship, Prosocial Behavior
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Gao, Xiaoqing; Maurer, Daphne; Nishimura, Mayu – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
We explored the perceptual structure of facial expressions of six basic emotions, varying systematically in intensity, in adults and children aged 7 and 14 years. Multidimensional scaling suggested that three- or four-dimensional structures were optimal for all groups. Two groups of adults demonstrated nearly identical structure, which had…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Models, Multidimensional Scaling, Children
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Gao, Xiaoqing; Maurer, Daphne – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
Most previous studies investigating children's ability to recognize facial expressions used only intense exemplars. Here we compared the sensitivity of 5-, 7-, and 10-year-olds with that of adults (n = 24 per age group) for less intense expressions of happiness, sadness, and fear. The developmental patterns differed across expressions. For…
Descriptors: Age, Emotional Response, Fear, Children