Examining the Diversity of Prosocial Behavior: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Infancy
Examining the Diversity of Prosocial Behavior: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Infancy
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7078.2010.00041.x
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
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2.6
通讯作者：
Kelley, Elizabeth
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作者：
Dunfield, Kristen;Kuhlmeier, Valerie A.;Kelley, Elizabeth
亲社会行为是人类社会生活中不可或缺的一组不同的行为。在这项研究中，我们检查了 18 个月和 24 个月大的婴儿进行三种以他人为导向的行为的能力，特别是帮助、分享和安慰。在三个亲社会任务中的两个（即帮助和分享）中，两个年龄段的婴儿在陌生的成年实验者需要帮助（实验条件）的试验中比在她不需要帮助（控制条件）的试验中表现出更多的亲社会行为。婴儿从事这些行为的频率相似；然而，任务之间没有相关性。讨论了亲社会行为的构建和亲社会倾向的存在的含义。
Prosocial behaviors are a diverse group of actions that are integral to human social life. In this study, we examined the ability of 18- and 24-month-old infants to engage in three types of other-oriented behaviors, specifically helping, sharing, and comforting. Infants in both age groups engaged in more prosocial behavior on trials in which an unfamiliar adult experimenter required aid (experimental conditions) than on those in which she did not (control conditions) across two of the three prosocial tasks (i.e., helping and sharing). The infants engaged in these behaviors with similar frequency; however, there was no correlation between the tasks. The implications for the construct of prosocial behavior and the presence of a prosocial disposition are discussed.