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Dunfield, Kristen A.; Kuhlmeier, Valerie A. – Child Development, 2013
This study investigates the diversity of early prosocial behavior by examining the ability of ninety-five 2- to 4-year-olds to provide aid to an adult experimenter displaying instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire. Children provided appropriate aid in response to each of these cues with high consistency over multiple trials. In…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Classification, Preschool Children, Helping Relationship
Mookherjee, Harsha N. – 1976
Class awareness among rural children was investigated in three dimensions: cognitive, behavioral, and evaluative. Data were obtained from 378 white students in grades K-8 in 9 rural elementary schools in the Upper Cumberland region of middle Tennessee. Children's social class background (SES) was determined by their father's occupational strata…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Cues, Elementary Secondary Education