Mode of Recipient Definition, Affluence of the Recipient, and Sharing Behavior in Preschool Children
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1976
Description
One hundred twenty preschoolers (68 males and 52 females) were presented with either verbally, visually, or verbally and visually defined poor or rich recipients and were asked to share from 11 units of a low value candy and 11 units of a high value candy. The method of defining recipients both verbally and visually was found to be superior to defining recipients either verbally or visually. The superiority of this method appeared to be principally due to the interaction of the verbal and visual modes of definition. The findings that preschoolers made larger donations to poor recipients than to rich recipients and shared more of low value candy than of high value candy confirmed the findings of previous research.
Citation Information
Zinser, Otto; and Lydiatt, Edward W.. 1976. Mode of Recipient Definition, Affluence of the Recipient, and Sharing Behavior in Preschool Children. Journal of Genetic Psychology. Vol.129(2). 261-266. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1976.10534036 ISSN: 0022-1325