Children's explicit preferences for collaboration varied markedly across populations and ages: German children preferred collaboration, Hai||om children preferred individual activity, and Ovambo children shifted toward individual preference with age¶
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q3 i? The ontogenetic trajectories of children's preference for collaboration over individual activity varied across the three populations. → Stengelin R 2020
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Stengelin R 2020¶
Stengelin R, Hepach R, Haun DBM (2020) Cultural variation in young children's social motivation for peer collaboration and its relation to the ontogeny of Theory of Mind. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0242071. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242071
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Generalized linear mixed model on forced-choice trial decisions (binomial error distribution) from 240 children. "the ontogenetic trajectories of children's preference for collaboration over individual activity varied across the three populations" (Population × Age: χ²(2) = 7.29, p = .026). Only German children showed a preference for collaboration from ages 3 to 8 (p = .007); Hai||om children preferred the individual option (p < .001); Ovambo children showed no overall preference (p = .567) but shifted toward individual choice with age.
"the ontogenetic trajectories of children's preference for collaboration over individual activity varied across the three populations (Population×Age: χ2 (2) = 7.29,p = .026)"
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Related Claims¶
- The link between children's affect index and their subsequent collaboration preferences varied with age, with the two proxies for social motivation becoming dissociated in older children — related
- Children across three diverse populations expressed more positive emotions during peer collaboration than during individual activity, with the effect strongest among German and weakest among Hai||om children — related
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Children's explicit preferences for collaboration varied markedly across populations and ages: German children preferred collaboration, Hai||om children preferred individual activity, and Ovambo children shifted toward individual preference with age |
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Children's explicit preferences for collaboration varied markedly across populations and ages: German children preferred collaboration, Hai||om children preferred individual activity, and Ovambo children shifted towar... |
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