The Early Emergence of Guilt-Motivated Prosocial Behavior
| dc.contributor.author | Vaish, Amrisha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carpenter, Malinda | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tomasello, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-17T17:01:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-11-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | © 2016 The Authors. Child Development © 2016 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.Guilt serves vital prosocial functions: It motivates transgressors to make amends, thus restoring damaged relationships. Previous developmental research on guilt has not clearly distinguished it from sympathy for a victim or a tendency to repair damage in general. The authors tested 2- and 3-year-old children (N = 62 and 64, respectively) in a 2 × 2 design, varying whether or not a mishap caused harm to someone and whether children themselves caused that mishap. Three-year-olds showed greatest reparative behavior when they had caused the mishap and it caused harm, thus showing a specific effect of guilt. Two-year-olds repaired more whenever harm was caused, no matter by whom, thus showing only an effect of sympathy. Guilt as a distinct motivator of prosocial behavior thus emerges by at least 3 years. | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-8624 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0009-3920 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.publisher | Wiley | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Child Development | |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1111/cdev.12628 | |
| dc.title | The Early Emergence of Guilt-Motivated Prosocial Behavior | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| duke.contributor.orcid | Tomasello, Michael|0000-0002-1649-088X | |
| pubs.begin-page | 1772 | |
| pubs.end-page | 1782 | |
| pubs.issue | 6 | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Duke | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Evolutionary Anthropology | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Psychology and Neuroscience | |
| pubs.organisational-group | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | |
| pubs.volume | 87 |
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