The opportunity to collaborate increases preschoolers' motivation for challenging tasks

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 953-961

  Butler, Lucas P ^a   Walton, Gregory M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Cooperation; Motivation; Persistence; Preschoolers; Shared goals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COLLABORATION; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSISTENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCHOOLERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHARED GOALS;

COLLABORATION; COOPERATION; MOTIVATION; PERSISTENCE; PRESCHOOLERS; SHARED GOALS;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84885387896     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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