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| Affective Behavior | 2 |
| Self Reward | 2 |
| Altruism | 1 |
| Behavior Patterns | 1 |
| Childhood Attitudes | 1 |
| Data Analysis | 1 |
| Delay of Gratification | 1 |
| Elementary School Students | 1 |
| Experience | 1 |
| Preschool Children | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMoore, Bert S.; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Seventy-six preschool children were given instructions designed to evoke a positive, negative, or neutral mood; they were subsequently given a choice between an immediately available but less perferred reward or a delayed, preferred reward. (BRT)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Delay of Gratification, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedMoore, Bert S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Results of this experiment demonstrate that brief, even fleeting, affective experiences appear to have significant implications for behavior toward others. The transient experience of positive affect makes children more generous to others, while the equally ephemeral experience of negative affect appears to make them more niggardly. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Childhood Attitudes, Data Analysis
