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Peer reviewedCrockenberg, Susan B.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
This study examines the effects of cooperative versus competitive goal structures on the subsequent intra- and interpersonal behavior of fourth-grade children. Results indicate that the effects of competitively structured environments differ for winners and nonwinners and for boys and girls. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedPerry, Louise C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Confirmed the hypothesis that happiness leads to self-indulgence when children have no reason to believe that excessive self-gratification is morally wrong but that happiness promotes self-denial when children fear that excessive self-gratification violates a moral rule. Results with 112 White, middle-class, Australian children ages four to five…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Children
