%0 Journal Article
%A Domberg, Andreas
%A Köymen, Bahar
%A Tomasello, Michael
%+ Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Children's reasoning with peers in cooperative and competitive contexts : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0000-8D14-B
%R 10.1111/bjdp.12213
%D 2018
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X We report two studies that demonstrate how five- and seven-year-olds adapt their production of arguments to either a cooperative or a competitive context. Two games elicited agreements from peer dyads about placing animals on either of two halves of a playing field owned by either child. Children had to produce arguments to justify these decisions. Played in a competitive context that encouraged placing animals on one's own half, children's arguments showed a bias that was the result of withholding known arguments. In a cooperative context, children produced not only more arguments, but also more ‘two-sided’ arguments. Also, seven-year-olds demonstrated a more frequent and strategic use of arguments that specifically refuted decisions that would favour their peers. The results suggest that cooperative contexts provide a more motivating context for children to produce arguments.
%K reason giving, justification, cooperative argumentation, peer interactions

%J British Journal of Developmental Psychology
%V 36
%N 1
%& 64
%P 64 - 77
%I British Psychological Society
%C Leicester [Leicestershire]
%@ 0261-510X