Young children help others to achieve their social goals

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 934-940

  Beier, Jonathan S ^a   Over, Harriet ^b   Carpenter, Malinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helping; Prosocial behavior; Social goals; Social interaction; Third party interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GOALS; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84895088831     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033886     Document Type: Article

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