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Peer reviewedPresbie, Robert J.; Coiteux, Paul F. – Child Development, 1971
Children who observed a very generous adult model sharing, later shared more than those who observed a very stingy model. The effects of vicarious reinforcement on the amount shared, delivered by either the experimenter or the model alone, were also demonstrated. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Imitation, Models
Peer reviewedMasters, John C. – Child Development, 1972
The theory of social comparison postulates that the tendency to compare one's performance to others' will decrease as a function of the discrepancy between the quality of one's own performance and that of the comparison person. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Altruism, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Identification (Psychology)
