The Many Manipulations of Morty Mouse
Children's Stories and the Parental Encouragement of Altruism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2980798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Craig T Palmer (University of Missouri), Jennice Wright, Scott A Wright (0000-0003-1154-0080), Chris Cassidy, T L Vanpool (0000-0002-2004-9667), Kathryn Coe (0000-0003-1284-3841) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-257 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3998/jar.0521004.0062.206 |
| OpenAlex | W1972859241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Most analyses of children's stories share the assumption that stories are told to children to influence their behavior. This paper explores how the analysis of stories can provide insight into social strategies used by people interacting within their cultural context. To demonstrate the potential of this approach, we created multiple versions of an original children's story to explore attitudes of college students toward the form of social interaction known as reciprocal altruism. Some versions portrayed the protagonist of the story as following a tit-for-tat strategy, while in other versions the protagonist was altruistic toward all the other characters regardless of their past behavior. Subjects read one of the versions and rated it in terms of how likely they would be to read it to a child of the appropriate age. The highest rated version involved the protagonist being altruistic even to characters that had cheated in the past. We discuss this finding and suggest future applications of this methodology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2020 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |