Infants make more attempts to achieve a goal when they see adults persist
Persistence, above and beyond IQ, is associated with long-term academic outcomes. To look at the effect of adult models on infants’ persistence, we conducted an experiment in which 15-month-olds were assigned to one of three conditions: an Effort condition in which they saw an adult try repeatedly,...
Main Authors: | Leonard, Julia, Lee, Yu-Na, Schulz, Laura E |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113043 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8099-2721 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2981-8039 |
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