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The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.

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Plötner, M; Over, H; Carpenter, M; Tomasello, M
Published in: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
November 2015

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.

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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0457

ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

November 2015

Volume

139

Start / End Page

161 / 173

Related Subject Headings

  • Trust
  • Social Facilitation
  • Social Behavior
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Child, Preschool
 

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Plötner, M., Over, H., Carpenter, M., & Tomasello, M. (2015). The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 139, 161–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.05.008
Plötner, Maria, Harriet Over, Malinda Carpenter, and Michael Tomasello. “The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 139 (November 2015): 161–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.05.008.
Plötner M, Over H, Carpenter M, Tomasello M. The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2015 Nov;139:161–73.
Plötner, Maria, et al. “The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust.Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, vol. 139, Nov. 2015, pp. 161–73. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2015.05.008.
Plötner M, Over H, Carpenter M, Tomasello M. The effects of collaboration and minimal-group membership on children's prosocial behavior, liking, affiliation, and trust. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 2015 Nov;139:161–173.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1096-0457

ISSN

0022-0965

Publication Date

November 2015

Volume

139

Start / End Page

161 / 173

Related Subject Headings

  • Trust
  • Social Facilitation
  • Social Behavior
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Emotions
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Child, Preschool