Racial Recipients, Value of Donations, and Sharing Behavior in Children
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1976
Description
A painted facial profile of a boy of one of three races (white, black, or Indian) along with a brief story about the boy’s poor background were the stimulus materials presented to 66 white (41M and 25F) preschool and 66 white (33F and 33M) second and third grade children. All Ss were asked to make donations to their assigned needy boy from two types of candy, one rated low and a second rated high in attractiveness. While the preschoolers did not show a race recipient preference, the school age Ss made larger donations to the black and Indian recipients than to the white recipient (p < .05). All Ss donated more of the less preferred candy (p < .01) and the preschool Ss donated fewer units of both types of candy (p. < .01).
Citation Information
Zinser, Otto; Perry, James S.; Bailey, Roger C.; and Lydiatt, Edward W.. 1976. Racial Recipients, Value of Donations, and Sharing Behavior in Children. Journal of Genetic Psychology. Vol.129(1). 29-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1976.10534007 ISSN: 0022-1325