Children's developing commitments to joint goals.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
This study investigated young children's commitment to a joint goal by assessing whether peers in collaborative activities continue to collaborate until all received their rewards. Forty-eight 2.5- and 3.5-year-old children worked on an apparatus dyadically. One child got access to her reward early. For the partner to benefit as well, this child had to continue to collaborate even though there was no further reward available to her. The study found that 3.5-year-olds, but not 2.5-year-olds, eagerly assisted their unlucky partner. They did this less readily in a noncollaborative control condition. A second study confirmed that 2.5-year-old children understood the task structure. These results suggest that children begin to appreciate the normative dimensions of collaborative activities during the 3rd year of life.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Hamann, K; Warneken, F; Tomasello, M
Published Date
- January 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 83 / 1
Start / End Page
- 137 - 145
PubMed ID
- 22172281
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1467-8624
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0009-3920
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01695.x
Language
- eng