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Warneken, Felix; Tomasello, Michael – Infancy, 2013
Young children begin helping others with simple instrumental problems from soon after their first birthdays. In previous observations of this phenomenon, both naturalistic and experimental, children's parents were in the room and could potentially have influenced their behavior. In the two current studies, we gave 24-month-old children the…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Toddlers, Helping Relationship, Prosocial Behavior
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Moll, Henrike; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael – Infancy, 2011
Previous research has found that young children recognize an adult as being acquainted with an object most readily when the child and adult have previously engaged socially with that object together. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that such social engagement is so powerful that it can sometimes lead children to overestimate what…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Social Behavior, Recognition (Psychology), Adults