"Helping" versus "being a helper": invoking the self to increase helping in young children.
Child Dev
; 85(5): 1836-42, 2014.
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| ID: mdl-24779480
ABSTRACT
Can a subtle linguistic cue that invokes the self motivate children to help? In two experiments, 3- to 6-year-old children (N = 149) were exposed to the idea of "being a helper" (noun condition) or "helping" (verb condition). Noun wording fosters the perception that a behavior reflects an identity-the kind of person one is. Both when children interacted with an adult who referenced "being a helper" or "helping" () and with a new adult (), children in the noun condition helped significantly more across four tasks than children in the verb condition or a baseline control condition. The results demonstrate that children are motivated to pursue a positive identity. Moreover, this motivation can be leveraged to encourage prosocial behavior.
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Assunto principal:
Autoimagem
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Comportamento de Ajuda
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Motivação
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
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Article