Playing a cooperative game promotes preschoolers' sharing with third-parties, but not social inclusion.

This study examined the effect of gaming context on young children's prosocial behaviors. Dyads of 4- to 5-year-old children (N = 96) played the same game cooperatively, competitively, or solitarily. After playing the game for a total of ten minutes, sharing with and social inclusion of uninvol...

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Main Authors: Theo Toppe, Susanne Hardecker, Daniel B M Haun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221092