The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.
Journal Article
Recent theoretical work has highlighted potential links between interpersonal collaboration and group membership in the evolution of human sociality. Here we compared the effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on young children's prosocial behavior (i.e., helping and resource allocation), liking, affiliation, and trust. In a design that matched as closely as possible these two ways of connecting with others, we showed that 5-year-olds' behavior was affected similarly by collaboration and minimal-group membership; both increased children's preference for their partners on multiple dimensions and produced overall effects of a similar magnitude. In contrast, 3.5-year-olds did not have a strong preference for either collaborators or minimal in-group members. Thus, both collaboration and minimal-group membership are similarly effective in their influence on children's prosocial behavior and social preferences.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Plötner, M; Over, H; Carpenter, M; Tomasello, M
Published Date
- November 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 139 /
Start / End Page
- 161 - 173
PubMed ID
- 26112747
Pubmed Central ID
- 26112747
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1096-0457
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-0965
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.05.008
Language
- eng