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| Title |
The early origins of human charity: developmental changes in preschoolers’ sharing with poor and wealthy individuals
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00344 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Markus Paulus |
| Abstract |
Recent studies have provided evidence that young children already engage in sharing behavior. The underlying social-cognitive mechanisms, however, are still under debate. In particular, it is unclear whether or not young children's sharing is motivated by an appreciation of others' wealth. Manipulating the material needs of recipients in a sharing task (Experiment 1) and a resource allocation task (Experiment 2), we show that 5- but not 3-year-old children share more with poor than wealthy individuals. The 3-year-old children even showed a tendency to behave less selfishly towards the rich, yet not the poor recipient. This suggests that very early instances of sharing behavior are not motivated by a consideration of others' material needs. Moreover, the results show that 5-year-old children were rather inclined to give more to the poor individual than distributing the resources equally, demonstrating that their wish to support the poor overruled the otherwise very prominent inclination to share resources equally. This indicates that charity has strong developmental roots in preschool children. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 14% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 7% |
| Denmark | 1 | 7% |
| Italy | 1 | 7% |
| Chile | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 125 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 121 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 11% |
| Professor | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 10% |
| Other | 28 | 22% |
| Unknown | 18 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 90 | 72% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 2% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | <1% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 26 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 44. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 November 2021.
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