The Early Emergence of Guilt-Motivated Prosocial Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Vaish, Amrisha; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	The Early Emergence of Guilt-Motivated Prosocial Behavior
Quelle	In: Child Development, 87 (2016) 6, S.1772-1782 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12628
Schlagwörter	Psychological Patterns; Prosocial Behavior; Young Children; Age Differences; Responses; Antisocial Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	Guilt serves vital prosocial functions: It motivates transgressors to make amends, thus restoring damaged relationships. Previous developmental research on guilt has not clearly distinguished it from sympathy for a victim or a tendency to repair damage in general. The authors tested 2- and 3-year-old children (N = 62 and 64, respectively) in a 2 × 2 design, varying whether or not a mishap caused harm to someone and whether children themselves caused that mishap. Three-year-olds showed greatest reparative behavior when "they" had caused the mishap "and" it caused harm, thus showing a specific effect of guilt. Two-year-olds repaired more whenever harm was caused, no matter by whom, thus showing only an effect of sympathy. Guilt as a distinct motivator of prosocial behavior thus emerges by at least 3 years. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01