The Development of a Scarcity Bias

Autor/inn/en	Ferera, Matar; Benozio, Avi; Diesendruck, Gil
Titel	The Development of a Scarcity Bias
Quelle	In: Child Development, 91 (2020) 5, S.1698-1708 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ferera, Matar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13368
Schlagwörter	Attention; Bias; Infants; Young Children; Age Differences; Preferences; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufmerksamkeit; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Frühe Kindheit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Adults' attraction to rare objects has been variously attributed to fundamental biases related to resource availability, self-related needs, or beliefs about social and market forces. The current three studies investigated the scarcity bias in 11- and 14-month-old infants, and 3- to 6-year-old children (N = 129). With slight methodological modifications, participants had to choose between one of 10 same-kind-items (abundant resource), or the only one of a different kind (scarce resource). It was found that a robust preference for the scarce resource appeared only at age 5 years. Thus, although a scarcity bias is not present in infancy, it emerges prior to comprehension of market forces. Possible accounts of this developmental finding are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01