Extrinsic rewards undermine altruistic tendencies in 20-month-olds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9787326 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Felix Warneken (0000-0002-4799-2559, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author), M Tomasello (0000-0002-1649-088X) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1785-1788 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0013860 |
| PMID | 18999339 |
| OpenAlex | W2166973522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 78 |
| References cited | 11 |
The current study investigated the influence of rewards on very young children's helping behavior. After 20-month-old infants received a material reward during a treatment phase, they subsequently were less likely to engage in further helping during a test phase as compared with infants who had previously received social praise or no reward at all. This so-called overjustification effect suggests that even the earliest helping behaviors of young children are intrinsically motivated and that socialization practices involving extrinsic rewards can undermine this tendency
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| Unique citing works | 78 |
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| Citations per year | 4,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 76 |