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Peer reviewedUnderwood, Bill; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
A direct induction of mood was employed to determine the role of affect in self-gratification. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Data Analysis, Grade 3, Self Reward
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
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
