Children's altruistic behavior in the dictator game |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA 02115, USA;2. School of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK;1. Developmental Psychology, Ludwig Maximilian University, 80802 Munich, Germany;2. Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2;1. Boston University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, 64 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215, USA;2. Yale University, Department of Psychology, 2 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06520, USA;3. Harvard University, Department of Psychology, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;1. International Junior Research Group Developmental Origins of Human Normativity, Department of Psychology, LMU Munich, Leopoldstraße 13, 80802 Munich, Germany;2. Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany;1. Department of Anthropology, University of California-Los Angeles, 90024, USA;2. Departments of Psychology and Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4, Canada;3. Department of Psychology, University of California-Irvine, 30302, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study examined developmental and socioeconomic status (SES) differences in young children's altruistic behavior in the dictator game (DG). Children aged 4, 6, and 9 years old from six British primary schools played the DG with genetically unrelated individuals using stickers as resource. Results demonstrated that older children and children from higher SES environments behaved more altruistically, although the majority of children displayed altruistic behavior even at the youngest age level. Results buttress conclusions based on studies from diverse cultures and from brain imaging research by providing additional evidence for the fundamental nature of altruistic behavior, as well as for the probable influence of local socialization practices on development. |
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