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Peer reviewedLyons-Ruth, Karlen – Child Development, 1978
Children aged two and one-half to five years gave moral evaluations, attributions of parental affect, and personal liking evaluations of both standard (motive and outcome) moral episodes and simplified (motive only) episodes. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Moral Development, Perspective Taking, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedPeterson, Lizette – Child Development, 1980
Kindergarten, third- and sixth-grade children indicated verbally that giving in response to dependency cues was more meritorious than giving in expectation of reciprocity. When provided an opportunity to choose between giving to dependents or those who could reciprocate, children chose to help others who could reciprocate. Further experimentation…
Descriptors: Altruism, Children, Cues, Differences
