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A Bias for the Natural? Children's Beliefs about Traits Acquired through Effort, Bribes, or Medicine
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Direct linkLockhart, Kristi L.; Keil, Frank C.; Aw, Justine – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Three studies compared beliefs about natural and late blooming positive traits with those acquired through personal effort, extrinsic rewards or medicine. Young children (5-6 years), older children (8-13 years), and adults all showed a strong bias for natural and late blooming traits over acquired traits. All age groups, except 8- to 10-year-olds,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Preadolescents, Children, Early Adolescents
