%0 Journal Article
%A Plötner, Maria
%A Hepach, Robert
%A Over, Harriet
%A Carpenter, Malinda
%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
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
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Young children share more under time pressure than after a delay : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-4EE8-C
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0248121
%7 2021-03-16
%D 2021
%8 16.03.2021
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Adults under time pressure share with others generously, but with more time they act more<br>selfishly. In the current study, we investigated whether young children already operate in<br>this same way, and, if so, whether this changes over the preschool and early school age<br>years. We tested 144 children in three age groups (3-, 5-, and 7-year olds) in a one-shot dictator game: Children were given nine stickers and had the possibility to share stickers with<br>another child who was absent. Children in the Time Pressure condition were instructed to<br>share quickly, whereas children in the Delay condition were instructed to take time and consider their decision carefully. Across ages, children in the Time Pressure condition shared<br>significantly more stickers than children in the Delay condition. Moreover, the longer children<br>waited, the less they shared. Thus, children, like adults, are more prosocial when acting<br>spontaneously than after considering their decision more carefully.
%J PLoS One
%V 16
%] e0248121
%I Public Library of Science
%C San Francisco, CA
%@ 1932-6203