Parental Presence and Encouragement Do Not Influence Helping in Young Children

Infancy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-368

  Warneken, Felix ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84875871813     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7078.2012.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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