Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?

Children construct their social preferences and behaviors based on their social interactions and beliefs about other's behavior. Most studies that evaluate the in uence of social norms on children's sharing behavior has focused on sharing decisions, while no previous study has evaluated...

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Autores principales: Gattei, Carolina A., González Gadea, María Luz, Schlotthauer, Joaquín
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
Materias:
Comportamiento social
Infancia
Social behavior
Childhood
Norma Social
Social Norms
Social preferences
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12729
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-127292024-05-30T07:00:17Z Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs? Gattei, Carolina A. González Gadea, María Luz Schlotthauer, Joaquín Comportamiento social Infancia Social behavior Childhood Norma Social Social Norms Social preferences Children construct their social preferences and behaviors based on their social interactions and beliefs about other's behavior. Most studies that evaluate the in uence of social norms on children's sharing behavior has focused on sharing decisions, while no previous study has evaluated whether norms about generosity could change beliefs about other's sharing behavior. In the current study, 4{10-year-old children (N = 101) played two dictator games; one as baseline and the other after being exposed to either a generous or a sel sh descriptive norm. Our results showed that, after being exposed to descriptive norms, all children changed their beliefs about others' sharing behavior. However, these norms did not in uence children's sharing decisions. These results suggest that children´s beliefs about sharing behavior could be more malleable than their actual sharing decisions. These insights might help to design interventions aimed to change beliefs and, in turn, to model prosocial behaviors in children. 2024-05-29T17:32:24Z 2024-05-29T17:32:24Z 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/12729 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/ 10 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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topic Comportamiento social
Infancia
Social behavior
Childhood
Norma Social
Social Norms
Social preferences
spellingShingle Comportamiento social
Infancia
Social behavior
Childhood
Norma Social
Social Norms
Social preferences
Gattei, Carolina A.
González Gadea, María Luz
Schlotthauer, Joaquín
Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
topic_facet Comportamiento social
Infancia
Social behavior
Childhood
Norma Social
Social Norms
Social preferences
description Children construct their social preferences and behaviors based on their social interactions and beliefs about other's behavior. Most studies that evaluate the in uence of social norms on children's sharing behavior has focused on sharing decisions, while no previous study has evaluated whether norms about generosity could change beliefs about other's sharing behavior. In the current study, 4{10-year-old children (N = 101) played two dictator games; one as baseline and the other after being exposed to either a generous or a sel sh descriptive norm. Our results showed that, after being exposed to descriptive norms, all children changed their beliefs about others' sharing behavior. However, these norms did not in uence children's sharing decisions. These results suggest that children´s beliefs about sharing behavior could be more malleable than their actual sharing decisions. These insights might help to design interventions aimed to change beliefs and, in turn, to model prosocial behaviors in children.
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author Gattei, Carolina A.
González Gadea, María Luz
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title Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
title_short Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
title_full Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
title_fullStr Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
title_full_unstemmed Do social descriptive norms about generosity change children's sharing decisions and beliefs?
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