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Children's Trait Inference and Partner Choice in a Cooperative Game
Title / Series / Name
Child Development
Publication Volume
96
Publication Issue
4
Pages
Editors
Keywords
cooperation
partner choice
trait attribution
Child Development/physiology
Humans
Child, Preschool
Cooperative Behavior
Child Behavior/physiology
Male
Personality/physiology
Young Adult
Choice Behavior/physiology
Social Perception
Female
Adult
Games, Experimental
Child
Interpersonal Relations
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
partner choice
trait attribution
Child Development/physiology
Humans
Child, Preschool
Cooperative Behavior
Child Behavior/physiology
Male
Personality/physiology
Young Adult
Choice Behavior/physiology
Social Perception
Female
Adult
Games, Experimental
Child
Interpersonal Relations
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Files
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/27581
Abstract
A series of experiments conducted in Central Europe (Hungary, Austria) and East Asia (Japan) probed whether 5- to 10-year-old children (n = 436, 213 female) and adults (n = 71, 43 female; all data collected between July 2020 and May 2023) would infer traits and choose partners accordingly, in a novel touchscreen game. The participants observed third-party actions and interactions of animated agents whose behavior varied in prosociality and skill, and subsequently selected whom to play with in potentially cooperative endeavors. Overall, the results indicate (1) that trait inference may not naturally follow from action understanding but relies on learning and experimental task framing, and (2) that by 7 years of age, children begin to capitalize on such inferences in partner choice.
Topic
Publisher
Place of Publication
Type
Journal article
Date
2025-07-01
Language
ISBN
Identifiers
10.1111/cdev.14247